CLARENCE E. JOHNSON, Claimant, v. STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent.
Case summary
The claimant sought compensation for lost earnings from part-time employment, which was initially denied but later awarded upon re-evaluation of legislative intent and submission of competent evidence. The court supplemented its prior order to award $105.00.
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Headnotes
- CRIME VICTIMS COMPENSATION ACT-Where person is victim of violent crime as defined in the Act; has suffered pecuniary loss of $500 or more; notified and cooperated fully with law enforcement officials immediately after the crime; the victim and the assailant were not related and sharing the same household; the injury was not substantially attributable to the victims wrongful act or substantial provocation of the victim; and his claim was filed in the Court of Claims within 2 years of the date of injury, compensation is payable under the Act.
This Court has previously filed its opinion in the above matter awarding compensation to the claimant in the total sum. . . $422.43.
In that opinion, compensation for loss of three days' earnings from part-time employment was denied to claimant. This claim of $105.00 was denied pursuant to the standards set down by the General Assembly in §4 of the Act.
However, re-evaluation of the legislative intent of this section, as interpreted by the Court, will permit loss of future earnings for such employment when established by competent evidence. Upon investigation by the [*804] Attorney General, such competent evidence of lost earnings has been established by claimant.
Accordingly, the Court hereby supplements and amends the opinion and order previously filed in this claim by adding the following further order:
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the sum of $105.00 (ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE DOLLARS) be paid to the claimant immediately from the COURT OF CLAIMS FUND to complete the total award due the claimant.