ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, as Subrogee of WILLIAM E. MASTERS, JR., Claimant, v. STATE OF ILLINOIS, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Respondent.

Case summary

Claimant sought $166.36 for damage to a vehicle caused by a falling ladder owned by the respondent. The court awarded the full amount based on a joint stipulation and the respondent's report.

Claim type: Property Damage

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Headnotes

DAMAGES - stipulation. Action by claimant subrogee for damage sustained to insured auto when ladder owned by State of Illinois fell on it. Stipulation as to amount of damage. Court awarded claimant stipulated damages.

ROBERT E. PETERSON, Attorney for Claimant. WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General; MARTIN A. SOLL, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

This cause coming on to be heard on the Joint Stipulation of the parties hereto, and the Court being fully advised in the premises; THIS COURT FINDS that, based upon the report of the Department of Transportation filed with the Court on June 20, 1973, as well as Claimant's paid bill in the amount of $166.36, Claimant's subrogee, WILLIAM E. MASTERS, JR., sustained damage to his vehicle when it was struck by a falling ladder owned by Respondent; IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Claimant be awarded the sum of $166.36 (ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX DOLLARS AND THIRTY-SIX CENTS) in full satisfaction of any and all claims presented to the State of Illinois under the above-captioned cause.