JAMES CHAPMAN, Claimant, v. THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent.

Case summary

Claimant injured his left index finger while working on a banding machine in the Joliet prison tailor shop. The court awarded $75.00 based on a joint stipulation of the parties.

Claim type: Personal Injury Negligence

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Headnotes

TYRONE C. F AHNER , Attorney General (ANDREW R. JARETT, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for Respondent.
STIPvLATroNs-personal injury-stipulation-award granted. Award granted on basis of stipulation as to injuries sustained by Claimant to finger while working on banding machine in prison tailor shop.

JAMES CHAPMAN, pro se, for Claimant.

POCH,J.

This matter comes before the Court on the joint stipulation of Claimant and the Attorney General.

The claim herein arose out of an injury sustained by Claimant to his left index finger while working on a banding machine in the Joliet prison tailor shop on or about October 10,1980.

Both parties agree to the entry of an award in the amount of $75.00, and the Court being fully advised in the premises;

It is hereby ordered that Claimant is awarded in full and final satisfaction of the claim herein or any other claim arising out of the same occurrence, the amount of $75.00 (seventy-five dollars and no/100).