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Maurice Pendleton v. State of Illinois

32 Ill. Ct. Cl. 690 Illinois Court of Claims Filed August 28, 1978 No. 77-CC-1414
Disposition: (No. 77-CC-1414-Claimant awarded $50.73.) Award: $50.73
Cite as: Maurice Pendleton v. State of Illinois, 32 Ill. Ct. Cl. 690 (1978)

MAURICE PENDLETON, Claimant, v. STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent.

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  1. PRISONER AND INMATES-Bailments. State has a duty to exercise rea-

MAURICE PENDLETON, Claimant, v. STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent.

Opinion filed August 28, 1978.

PRISONER AND INMATES-Bailments. State has a duty to exercise reasonable care to safeguard and return an inmate’s property during the course of the transfer of an inmate between penal institutions.

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Claimant, an inmate of the Stateville Correctional Center, has brought this action to recover the value of certain items of personal property which he alleges were lost during the course of its transfer from Stateville Correctional Center to Cook County Jail. These items consisted of a radio, chess set, cigarettes and personal care items valued at $50.73.

That Respondent has filed with the Court a stipulation by Respondent as well as a departmental report indicating that the, “Department of Corrections has no evidence to refute the allegations contained in Claimant’s verified complaint.”

[*691] Claimant’s prima facie case therefore stand unrebutted.

It is therefore ordered, that Claimant be, and hereby is awarded the sum of $50.73.

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