Steele v. State, 2 Ill. Ct. Cl. 287 (1914)

Nov. 19, 1914 · Illinois Court of Claims

2 Ill. Ct. Cl. 287

Ethel Steele v. State of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 19, 1914.

Non-liability op State — Morrissey v. State and Ackerman v. State ante followed. This claim is governed by the decisions of the Court in the cases of Morrissey v. State, supra, and Ackerman v. State, supra.

Chipperfield & Chipperfield, Browne & Wiley, Duncan, Doyle & 0 ’Conor, Howard H. Bayne, George P. Hills, Gleim & Colwell, for Claimant.

P. J. Lueey, Attorney General, and Arthur R. Roy, Assistant Attorney General, (Stead, Woodward & Hibbs, of Counsel), for State.

This is one of the so-called Utica bridge cases, and its decision is controlled by the decisions of the Morrissey and Ackerman cases.

Claimant sustained as injuries, the breaking of both bones of the left leg above the ankle, and she could not use the leg normally for about five months, but since that time has had no difficulty. There is no ¡shortening of the leg, and no limp.

It is the judgment of the Court, that the claim be denied, without prejudice to the right of claimant to present her claim to the legislature, and with the statement, that if it were within our power, we would award to claimant the sum of seven hundred fifty dollars.