ANGELA WEYHAUPT, Claimant, 2). THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent.
Case summary
Claimant, a librarian assigned to Stateville Correctional Center, was assaulted while working. The court awarded $7,500 based on a joint stipulation under section 8(d) of the Court of Claims Act.
Statutes cited: Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 37, par. 439.8(d)
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Headnotes
- NEIL F. 'HARTIGAN, Attorney '.General (ROBERT J. I SKLAMBERG, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for Respondent .
- PRISONERS AND INMATES-assaulted librarian-stipulation-cloim allowed. Claimant was granted an award for the injuries she suffered when she was assaulted by an inmate of correctional facility while she was working as
- 260 i I librarian in facility for library system which provided services to Department of Corrections on contract basis. I
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This cause coming on to be heard on the joint stipulation of th'e parties hereto, the Court being fully advised in the premises, finds:
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That this is a personal injury action brought pursuant I
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to section 8(d) of the Court of Claims Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. ~ 1981, ch. 37, par. 439.8(d)). I
At the time of the incident, the Bur Oak library i System had a contract with the Illinois Department of , Corrections to provide library services in certain of the I Department's facilities. On July 7, 1980, Claimant was I employed by Bur Oak as a correctional librarian and was I assigned to Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet, Illi- I nois. I
On July 7, 1980, Claimant was assaulted while she was working as a library assistant at Stateville. i
It is hereby ordered that the Claimant, Angela I
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Weyhaupt, be and hereby is awarded the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars and no cents ($7,500.00), I
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in full satisfaction of this claim.