Awards in the 1970s

Published opinions from 1970 to 1979: 2,987 opinions, 2,819 with a dollar award, $9,878,348 in total. Amounts are as stated in each opinion and are not adjusted for inflation.

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Largest awards (top 100)

Award	Case	Date
$767,625.39	County of Cook v. Illinois Department of Public Aid 29 Ill. Ct. Cl. 62	August 27, 1973
$448,065.26	County of Cook v. Illinois Department of Public Aid 29 Ill. Ct. Cl. 116	November 9, 1973
$399,999.67	( No 6m7-Claimant Awarded $399 v. Illinois Department of Public Aid 27 Ill. Ct. Cl. 442	Jirne 13, 1972
$271,192	John C. Tully Company v. State of Illinois 27 Ill. Ct. Cl. 139	April 27, 1971
$220,700.67	County of Cook v. Illinois Department of Public Aid 27 Ill. Ct. Cl. 187	April 27, 1971
$153,677.63	Al Johnson Construction Co., and Massman Construction Co., d/b/a Al Johnson-Massman v. State of Illinois 29 Ill. Ct. Cl. 461	June 24, 1974
$150,000	Rossi Contractors v. State of Illinois 31 Ill. Ct. Cl. 133	July 11, 1975
$135,507	Hilfinger v. State of Illinois 31 Ill. Ct. Cl. 147	April 14, 1976
$125,000	Inc. v. State of Illinois 33 Ill. Ct. Cl. 94	August 13, 1979
$107,869	Talsma Builders v. State of Illinois 31 Ill. Ct. Cl. 143	March 29, 1976
$102,816	City of Chicago v. Illinois Department of Mental Health 29 Ill. Ct. Cl. 407	May 15, 1974
$95,351	Edgewater Uptown Community Mental Health Council v. Illinois Department of Mental Health 30 Ill. Ct. Cl. 656	June 16, 1975
$90,000	Theotis Keith Carr v. State of Illinois 33 Ill. Ct. Cl. 128	July 30, 1979
$89,564.94	Thomas M. Madden Company v. State of Illinois 27 Ill. Ct. Cl. 118	February 18, 1971
$81,062.61	Lankton v. State of Illinois 27 Ill. Ct. Cl. 334	February 17, 1972
$78,979.67	Donald S. Caplan and Pere Marquette Ski Corporation v. State of Illinois 31 Ill. Ct. Cl. 396	February 14, 1977
$70,000	(no 5877-Claimant Awarded $700 00) Ethel H. Emerson v. State of Illinois 30 Ill. Ct. Cl. 420	March 19, 1975
$65,935	Wayne L. Appleton v. State of Illinois 35 Ill. Ct. Cl. 672	March 14, 1979
$56,241.72	The Variable Annuity Life Insurance Co. v. State of Illinois 29 Ill. Ct. Cl. 220	February 14, 1974
$52,700	Licata Moving and Storage Co. v. Illinois Department of Public Aid 30 Ill. Ct. Cl. 9	July 10, 1974
$50,000	C & Helectric Company v. Illinois Department of General Services 30 Ill. Ct. Cl. 669	June 23, 1975
$48,269.40	Roy T. Christiansen-S. Tinucci, Architects, Inc. v. Illinois Department of General Services 27 Ill. Ct. Cl. 368	April 11, 1972
$45,870	(no 74-Cc-354 - Claimant Awarded $458 70 ) Texaco v. Illinois Department of Transportation 29 Ill. Ct. Cl. 356	April 17, 1974
$45,000	James Stearman and Noreen Stearman v. State of Illinois 29 Ill. Ct. Cl. 493	June 24, 1974
$45,000	William R. Chambers v. State of Illinois 33 Ill. Ct. Cl. 194	July 2, 1979
$44,592.67	Illinois Bell Telephone Company v. Illinois Department of Revenue 27 Ill. Ct. Cl. 198	April 27, 1971
$43,980	R. V. Monahan Construction Company v. Illinois Departments of General Services and Public Safety 27 Ill. Ct. Cl. 310	January 11, 1972
$43,890.07	Frank B. Hall & Co. v. Illinois Department of General Services 29 Ill. Ct. Cl. 178	December 17, 1973
$43,076.07	Century Machine Shop v. Illinois Department of Transportation 29 Ill. Ct. Cl. 182	December 17, 1973
$42,500	The Merchants National Bank of Aurora v. State of Illinois 29 Ill. Ct. Cl. 103	October 26, 1973
$41,022.30	Carroll Seating Company v. Illinois Department of General Services 27 Ill. Ct. Cl. 261	August 30, 1971
$40,400	Math Mike Rajnovich v. State of Illinois 31 Ill. Ct. Cl. 366	May 10, 1977
$40,000	Patricia K . Hoffman v. Illrnors 27 Ill. Ct. Cl. 111	February 18, 1971
$40,000	James Bilodeau v. State of Illinois 31 Ill. Ct. Cl. 29	June 30, 1976
$40,000	Dr. Guilio Bruni v. Illinois Department of Public Aid 31 Ill. Ct. Cl. 425	April 25, 1977
$39,919.40	Hallett & Sons Expert Movers v. State of Illinois 30 Ill. Ct. Cl. 471	April 9, 1975
$39,879.36	John a. Stevens v. State of Illinois 31 Ill. Ct. Cl. 519	June 8,1977
$39,304	Flink Company v. Illinois Department of Transportation 29 Ill. Ct. Cl. 325	April 2, 1974
$39,171	D. Koerner v. State of Illinois 29 Ill. Ct. Cl. 406	May 15, 1974
$38,618.91	Edward R. Heil v. State of Illinois 31 Ill. Ct. Cl. 386	September 15, 1976
$35,060.67	Kanella Canakis, Individually and as Executrix of the Last Will and Testament of John Canakis, Deceased v. State of Illinois 27 Ill. Ct. Cl. 96	February 18, 1971
$35,000	James Johnston and Rita Johnston v. State of Illinois 33 Ill. Ct. Cl. 105	June 29, 1979
$34,344	Federal Landscaping C O . v. Illinois Department of General Services 30 Ill. Ct. Cl. 1	July 1, 1974
$34,094.72	Desaulniers and Company v. State of Illinois, Superintendent of Public Instruction 29 Ill. Ct. Cl. 18	July 19, 1973
$34,000	The American Appraisal Co. v. Illinois Department of Mental Health 27 Ill. Ct. Cl. 206	April 27, 1971
$33,843.09	Moore Business Forms v. Illinois Department of General Services 30 Ill. Ct. Cl. 526	April 16, 1975
$33,607.63	Cook County Hospital v. Illinois Department of Mental Health 29 Ill. Ct. Cl. 454	June 13, 1974
$33,000	Pamela Wesley v. Illinois Department of Children et al. 31 Ill. Ct. Cl. 538	September 9 , 1976
$32,500	Illinois Belli & Belli Company; v. Illinois Department of Mental Health 31 Ill. Ct. Cl. 129	October 9,1975
$32,500	John v. Thielin 31 Ill. Ct. Cl. 449	November 19, 1976
$32,398	Joel Willard v. State of Illinois 27 Ill. Ct. Cl. 282	October 12, 1971
$30,235	Arnold H . Albredcht v. State of Illinois 27 Ill. Ct. Cl. 335	February 17, 1972
$30,044.90	Ford Tractor Operations v. Illinois Department of Conservation 29 Ill. Ct. Cl. 312	March 25, 1974
$28,600.63	Tri-City Electric Company v. State of Illinois 30 Ill. Ct. Cl. 325	February 13, 1975
$28,261.85	Structo Division v. State of Illinois 29 Ill. Ct. Cl. 265	March 8, 1974
$28,237	Howard Uniform Company v. Illinois Department of Corrections 30 Ill. Ct. Cl. 114	September 26, 1974
$26,400	Robert C. Bohne and Eleanor G. Bohne v. State of Illinois 33 Ill. Ct. Cl. 181	October 5, 1979
$25,999.02	Steve Nosserford v. Illinois Department of Transportation 29 Ill. Ct. Cl. 287	March 20, 1974
$25,596.63	Herschel Sunley v. State of Illinois 31 Ill. Ct. Cl. 176	April 12, 1976
$25,400	Robert Evans v. State of Illinois 28 Ill. Ct. Cl. 245	March 22, 1973
$25,000	Elaine a. Metzler v. State of Illinois 27 Ill. Ct. Cl. 207	May 11, 1971
$25,000	His Mother Joseph Francis Busking v. State of Illinois 28 Ill. Ct. Cl. 124	November 14, 1972
$25,000	William a. Randolph v. State of Illinois 28 Ill. Ct. Cl. 279	April 16, 1973
$25,000	Fuqua Kessler v. State of Illinois 29 Ill. Ct. Cl. 422	May 15, 1974
$25,000	Phyllis C. Buttacavoli v. State of Illinois 30 Ill. Ct. Cl. 223	January 6, 1975
$25,000	Margaret Manos, Administrator of the Estate of Harry Manos, Deceased v. State of Illinois 30 Ill. Ct. Cl. 639	June 16, 1975
$25,000	Charles and Harold Eichen v. Illinois Department of Children and Family Services 31 Ill. Ct. Cl. 6	August 7, 1975
$25,000	Richard Kolski v. State of Illinois 31 Ill. Ct. Cl. 307	September 13, 1976
$25,000	Barbara K. Barotta v. State of Illinois 31 Ill. Ct. Cl. 414	December 2, 1976
$25,000	Nieves v. State of Illinois 33 Ill. Ct. Cl. 2	August 3, 1979
$24,888.58	Atlantic Richfield Company v. Illinois Department of Transportation 30 Ill. Ct. Cl. 105	September 25, 1974
$24,869.03	A. Epstein and Sons v. Illinois Department of Public Works et al. 27 Ill. Ct. Cl. 132	February 18, 1971
$24,844.29	Hoeffken Bros. v. State of Illinois 30 Ill. Ct. Cl. 453	April 1, 1975
$24,769.71	Harrison F. Blades v. Illinois Department of Public Works and Buildings 30 Ill. Ct. Cl. 388	March 12, 1975
$24,619.90	Walters-Cahill Construction Co. v. Illinois Department of Conservation 30 Ill. Ct. Cl. 213	December 31, 1974
$24,480	Missouri Rolling Mill Corporation v. Illinois Department of Transportation 28 Ill. Ct. Cl. 171	December 26, 1972
$23,500	Touche Ross& Company v. Illinois Department of Corrections 30 Ill. Ct. Cl. 147	November 6, 1974
$23,166	Fruehauf Corporation v. Illinois Department of Transportation 28 Ill. Ct. Cl. 14	July 14, 1972
$23,022.37	County of Sangamon v. State of Illinois 30 Ill. Ct. Cl. 527	April 16, 1975
$22,580.95	Meyer Machine v. State of Illinois 27 Ill. Ct. Cl. 72	l u l y 9, 1970
$22,533.04	Glenn Oliver Decker v. Illinois Department of Revenue 30 Ill. Ct. Cl. 405	March 13, 1975
$22,373.27	Us.geological Survey v. State of Illinois 30 Ill. Ct. Cl. 524	April 16, 1975
$21,381.60	Doris D. Leffler v. Illinois Department of Revenue 30 Ill. Ct. Cl. 405	March 13, 1975
$20,844.79	Universal Business Machines v. State of Illinois 31 Ill. Ct. Cl. 538	November 9, 1976
$20,381.55	Earl J. Niemoth v. State of Illinois 33 Ill. Ct. Cl. 117	September 18, 1979
$20,000	Roney R. Nunes v. State of Illinois 27 Ill. Ct. Cl. 50	July 9, 1970
$20,000	Martha Burgett v. State of Illinois 30 Ill. Ct. Cl. 510	April 16, 1975
$20,000	In re Mary L. Burd 33 Ill. Ct. Cl. 309	December 4, 1979
$20,000	In re Frank Score 33 Ill. Ct. Cl. 310	December 4, 1979
$20,000	In re Patricia M. Nicholson 33 Ill. Ct. Cl. 319	December 4, 1979
$20,000	In re Barbara Mieszkowski 33 Ill. Ct. Cl. 321	December 4, 1979
$20,000	In re Katherine O'Connell 33 Ill. Ct. Cl. 326	December 4, 1979
$20,000	In re Patricia L. Grasser 33 Ill. Ct. Cl. 327	August 28, 1979
$20,000	In re Linda J. Caisse 33 Ill. Ct. Cl. 333	December 28, 1979
$20,000	In re Madeline W. Hill 33 Ill. Ct. Cl. 335	December 4, 1979
$19,500	McHenry Woodlands Development v. State of Illinois 33 Ill. Ct. Cl. 103	September 13, 1979
$19,460	Caldwell Electric Company v. State of Illinois 30 Ill. Ct. Cl. 438	March 24, 1975
$19,459.09	Delbert P. Shroyer v. State of Illinois 30 Ill. Ct. Cl. 447	March 31, 1975
$19,404.80	G. F. Stout v. Illinois Department of Conservation 30 Ill. Ct. Cl. 137	October 4, 1974
$19,200.54	Luvone C. Scorr v. State of Illinois 28 Ill. Ct. Cl. 373	June 21, 1973

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