CECIL T. BARTLE, Claimant, v. STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent.

Case summary

Claimant sought $5,000 for injuries to his wife from a fall on a school stairway. The court denied the claim, following the decision in a companion case involving the same facts.

Claim type: Personal Injury Negligence

Cases cited: Grace Bartle vs. The State, No. 1620

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Headnotes

PERSONAL INJURY-when no award will be made for personal injuries sustained by a person in a public school building. The facts upon which this claim are based are the same as in Grace Bartle vs. State, No. 1620, ante, and the opinion in that case governs herein.

MAURICE B. JOHNSTON, for claimant. OSCAR E. CARLSTROM, Attorney General; CARL DIETZ, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE THOMAS delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an action for $5,000.00 for damages claimant alleges he sustained on account of injuries to his wife caused by a fall on the stairway of the school building in School District No. 32 of Clinton County.

The facts upon which this claim is based are the same as that of Grace Bartle vs. The State, No. 1620, and the opinion in that case governs this. The claim is denied and the case dismissed.