Simmons v. State

OPINION

Burke, J.

Claimant, an inmate with the Illinois Department of Corrections, seeks damages from Respondent, State of Illinois. Claimant alleges a loss of $420,250.00 on the basis of allegations that employees of the Respondent seriously injured Claimant by choking him, violently slamming him to the walls and doors, striking him and generally physically abusing him, all of which is alleged to have occurred in the segregation unit at “Hill” Correctional Center on May 23,1989.

Claimant testified that on May 23,1989, at approximately 9:30 p.m., Respondent’s officers came to his room. The…