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2 Ill. Ct. Cl. 282

Kelley v. State

Court of Claims of Illinois

Decided November 19, 1914

Court of Claims of Illinois · decided 1914-11-19

<p>Non-liability of State — Morrissey v. State ante followed. This claim is governed by the decision of the Court in Morrissey v. State, supra.</p>

Decided 1914-11-19

¶1The facts and law applicable thereto, are essentially the same as in the Morrissey ease.

¶2Vivian Kelley, at the time of the accident, was eleven years of age. She was a daughter of George W. Kelley, and together with her father, mother and two brothers was walking across the bridge.

¶3As a result of the accident she sustained a fractured rib on the left side, and injuries to her lungs, and at the time her testimony was taken, some two and a half years later, still complained of pain.

¶4It 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.

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