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· 1/18/1982

Reekstin v. Long Island Railroad

Citations

  • 86 A.D.2d 603
  • 446 N.Y.S.2d 116
  • 1982 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 15133

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  • holding lack of supervision for inmates was not unreasonable given lack of foreseeability because there was no notice of potential problem between specific inmates involved in altercation
  • upholding dismissal of inmate’s claim when he failed to show that the state failed to provide adequate supervision to prevent a reasonably foreseeable attack from a fellow inmate when even claimant did not foresee the attack

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