LEOBARDO and MARY GUTIERREZ, GUTIERREZ Claimants, v. THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent.
Case summary
Claimant Mary Gutierrez tripped and fell on Illinois Highway Route 47, and the parties agreed to a settlement of $500.00, which the court awarded in full satisfaction of the claim. Leobardo Gutierrez's loss of consortium claim was voluntarily dismissed with prejudice.
Statutes cited: Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 37, par. 439.8(d); Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 110, par. 2-1009(a)
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Headnotes
- NEIL F. HARTIGAN, Attorney General (JOHN J. PERCONTI, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for Respondent.
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- SnPumnoNs-persoryl injury-pedestrian tripped while walking on State highway-stipulation-award granted. Based on the joint stipulation of the parties, the Claimant was &anted an award for the personal injuries she suffered when she tripped while walking on a State highway, and her husband's claim for loss of consortium was voluntarily dismissed with prejudice.
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This cause coming on to be heard on the joint 1 stipulation of the parties hereto, the Court being fully I advised in the premises, I Finds: That this is a personal injury action brought pur- I suant to section 8(d) of the Court of Claims Act (Ill. Rev. l Stat. 1983, ch. 37, par. 439.8(d)). I , That pursuant to section 2-1009(a) of the Code of , I
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Civil Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 110, par. 2- 1009(a)) the claim of Leobardo Gutierrez for loss of I consortium is voluntarily dismissed with prejudice. ~
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On March 16, 1983, Claimant, Mary E. Gutierrez, I tripped and fellr while walking on Illinois' Highway
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Route 47 near or about its intersection with Donovan I
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Avenue, City of Woodstock, County of McHenry, State I
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of Illinois.
The parties hereto have agreed to a settlement of this claim, and Respondent agrees to an entry of an ~
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award in favor of Claimant in the amount of five ~ hundred dollars and no cents ($500.00) in full satisfaction I of this claim. 1 It is thereby ordered that the Claimant, Mary E. ~ Gutierrez,-be and hereby is awarded the sum of five I hundred dollars and no cents ($500.00) in full satisfaction 1 of this claim.