· 3/5/1979
Tunstall v. Rowe
Citations
- 478 F. Supp. 87
- 1979 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14009
How courts have described this case
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- concluding injury from falling on greasy staircase “not cognizable as cruel and unusual punishment”
- the existence of a greasy staircase which caused a prisoner to slip and fall did not violate the Eighth Amendment
- finding no Eighth Amendment violation based on greasy prison stairway
- finding no Eighth Amendment violation based on greasy prison stairway
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Judges: Decker
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