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Kim E. Knauer v. State of Illinois

35 Ill. Ct. Cl. 875 Illinois Court of Claims Filed 1982-11-03 No. 83-CC-0093
Disposition: (No. 83-CC-0093-Claimant awarded $141.00.) Award: $141.00
Cite as: Kim E. Knauer v. State of Illinois, 35 Ill. Ct. Cl. 875 (1982)

KIM E. KNAUER, Claimant, u. THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent.

Case summary

Claimant sought $141.00 for replacement of a suit damaged beyond cleaning due to the State's negligence in failing to post warnings near an elevator. The court found the State negligent and awarded the full amount.

Claim type: Personal Injury Negligence

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Headnotes

  1. TYRONE C. FAHNER, Attorney General (WILLIAM WEBBER, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for Respondent.
  2. STIPuLATroNs-stipulation-damaged suit-claim allowed. State‘s stipulation established prima facie case that suit for which claim was filed was beyond cleaning and that State failed to post certain warnings of hazard which led to damage of suit, and therefore award would be granted for amount of replacement cost of suit.

KIME. KNAUER, pro se, for Claimant.

POCH, J.

This cause coming on to be heard on the Respondent’s stipulation and the Court being fully advised in the premises finds that the documentation attached to the Respondent’s stipulation establishes a prima facie case that the suit for which claim is being made was beyond cleaning, that the cost of replacement was $141.00, and that the State, by failure to post warnings, either on the floor, in the elevator or across the doorway leading in or out of the elevator is guilty of negligence.

It is therefore ordered that this Claimant be granted an award in the amount of one hundred forty-one and 00/100 ($141.00) dollars.

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