Court of Claims of Illinois, 1986

Catlett v. State

Catlett v. State
Court of Claims of Illinois · Decided July 3, 1986 · Montana
39 Ill. Ct. Cl. 99; 1986 Ill. Ct. Cl. LEXIS 11

Counsel

Heitzinger, Condon & Hofstetter, for Claimant., Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General (Ralanda Webb, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for Respondent.

Catlett v. State

Opinion of the Court

Montana, C.J.

This matter is before the Court on the joint stipulation of the parties. This claim sounds in tort and is brought pursuant to section 8(d) of the Court of Claims Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 37, par. 439.8(d)).

The incident involved herein occurred on October 16, 1982, at or near mile marker 273 on Interstate 57 in Iroquois County, Illinois. The wheel of the car in which Claimant was a passenger caught in a rut in the pavement, causing the car to careen off the roadway into a nearby ditch. Claimaint suffered fractured vertebrae and other injuries as a result of the accident.

Based on the foregoing, Claimant, Deborah W. Catlett, is hereby awarded the sum of forty thousand ($40,000.00) dollars in full and final satisfaction of this claim.

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