BILLY WILLIAMS, Claimant, v. THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent.
Case summary
Claimant, an inmate, sought compensation for possessions mistakenly taken or destroyed by state employees. The court awarded $300.00 based on a joint stipulation, with $100.00 deducted for attorney fees.
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Headnotes
- TYRONE C. FAHNER, Attorney General (RICHARD J. GROSSMAN, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for Respondent.
- P RISONERS AND INMATES-compensation awarded inmate for property lost. The Claimant was granted an award for property mistakenly taken and destroyed by employees of the correctional institution wherein Claimant was an inmate.
. This matter coming to be heard upon the joint stipulation of the parties for the entry of judgment: The court finds that Claimant, an inmate of the Stateville Correctional Center, seeks compensation for his possessions which were mistakenly taken or destroyed by certain employees of Respondent. That Claimant filed an action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, No. 77-C1470. That the parties have further agreed that Claimant should be compensated the total sum of $300.00 and further that his attorneys should be awarded the sum of $100.00 as attorney fees to be deducted from said award: It is hereby ordered that Claimant be awarded the sum of $300.00 in full and final settlement of all claims which are the subject matter of his complaint and further that the sum of $100.00 be deducted from said award and tendered to his attorneys as their fees.