JAMES BRACKEN, Claimant, v. STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent.
Case summary
Claimant sought damages for his motor vehicle stolen by escapees from the Illinois Youth Center. The court awarded $74.21 based on a joint stipulation and exhibits.
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Headnotes
- WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General; WILLIAM J. KARAGANIS, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent.
- NECLIGENCE-stipuk&tion. Claim for negligence in allowing appointee of State youth center to escape. which said appointee thereafter stole Claimant’s motor vehicle, causing damage thereto. Stipulation as to facts and amount of damages sustained.
This cause coming on to be heard on the Joint Stipulation of the parties hereto, and the Court being fully advised in the premises;
This Court finds that this claim is for damages sustained by the Claimant to his motor vehicle, when said vehicle was stolen by escapees from the Illinois Youth Center, St. Charles, Illinois. The vehicle in question was stolen by students Michael Fain, Vincent Parrow, Rodney Moore, and Michael Bell on August 12, 1974. Damages to Claimant’s vehicle have been estimated at $74.21, as substantiated by exhibits attached to Claimant’s complaint.
It is hereby ordered that the sum of Seventy-Four and 21/100 Dollars ($74.21) be awarded to Claimant in full satisfaction of any and all claims presented to the State of Illinois under the above-captioned cause.