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· 5/28/1993

Walter Warren v. State of Missouri Dick Moore Bill Armontrout Leonard Rutledge Richard A. Anderson Richard K. Bowers Keith Heidbreder Loren Stout

Citations

  • 995 F.2d 130
  • 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 12560
  • 1993 WL 177688

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  • affirming summary judgment where defendants failed to install safety equipment despite knowledge of prior injuries
  • inmate at most showed negligence where prison officials failed to equip inmate's saw with anti-kickback fingers, and a board kicked back from saw and broke inmate's wrist
  • failure to add safety equipment to table saws was mere negligence, even assuming Plaintiffs’ allegations of prior accidents were true, because prison officials investigated each accident and ensured equipment was working properly
  • no evidence of deliberate indifference where 4 inmate suffered broken wrist after being forced to work on an industrial table saw and the prison failed to equip the saw with safety features despite knowledge of prior injuries from the saw

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Judges: Gibson, Loken, Hansen

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