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COUNTY NOT LIABLE IN THIS INMATE-ON-INMATE THIRD PARTY ASSAULT CASE (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department determined the county’s motion for summary judgment in this inmate-on-inmate third party assault case was properly granted.  Plaintiff, an inmate in county jail, was assaulted with a pool cue by another inmate (named Batts). The complaint against the county alleged negligent supervision:

… [T]he County defendants demonstrated that prior to the incident, the plaintiff and Batts had a friendly relationship and joked around with each other. They had no prior physical altercations with one another, and Batts had not been involved in any prior violent incidents with other inmates. The County defendants also demonstrated that prior to August 11, 2013, there had been no incident at the facility where an inmate had used a pool cue as a weapon to attack another inmate.

The County defendants established their prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law dismissing the cause of action sounding in negligent supervision by demonstrating that the assault by Batts upon the plaintiff was not reasonably foreseeable … . As for the cause of action sounding in negligent entrustment, the County defendants established, prima facie, that they did not possess special knowledge concerning a characteristic or condition peculiar to Batts that rendered his access to the pool cue unreasonably dangerous … . Dickson v Putnam, 2019 NY Slip Op 03025, Second Dept 4-24-19

 

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