HOWARD L. LEGGER, AMINOR, BY EUNICE LEGGER, HIS NEXT FRIEND, Claimant, v. STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent.
Case summary
Claimant, a member of the Howitzer Co., 130th Inf. of the I. N. G., was injured in a bus fire on July 26, 1933. The court awarded $30.00 for lost wages under the Military and Naval Code, finding no permanent disability.
Cases cited: Case vs. State-C. of C. No. 2469
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Headnotes
- PERSONAL INJURY-member of Illinois National Guard-when award may be made for, under Military and Naval Code. This claim arose out of occurrence for which claim was filed and award made in case of Case vs. State, No. 2469, ante, and is governed by opinion therein.
Claimant is another of the members of the Howitzer Co., 130th Inf. of the I. N. G. that was a passenger in the military bus that burned near Pana, Illinois on July 26, 1933. According to the record he was earning $20.00 per week at the time of the accident. The medical board's report of his physical examination, made on August 8, 1934, shows some slight scars on the forearm but no disability from any of the injuries.
Two or three days after the accident claimant went to Camp Grant with his Company and received the usual pay for his services there. His testimony in this record states that after his return from Camp Grant he was disabled for about three weeks. He has indicated that he agrees with the report of the medical board that he received no permanent disability from the accident. His medical bills have been assumed by the State in the sum of Seven and 50/100 Dollars ($7.50). (See Case vs. State-C. of C. No. 2469.)
In view of the record an award, based on his wages and loss of time is made in the sum of Thirty Dollars ($30.00), under authority of the Military and Naval Code.