Fraley v. Dept. of Rehab. & Corr.

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 2804

Syllabus

Court of Claims did not err when it entered judgment in favor of DRC on inmate's claim that DRC was negligent in failing to maintain an exterior stairway handrail that collapsed causing the inmate to suffer personal injury when he fell from the sidewalk to the bottom of the stairs. The inmate failed to prove that the handrail collapsed due to the crumbling concrete at the stairway abutment and failed to prove that DRC had actual or constructive notice that the handrail was unreasonably dangerous to inmates using the adjacent sidewalk. Judgment affirmed.