Ware v. State

Claimant seeks to recover the sum of $25,000.00 from the State of Illinois for injuries received while visiting the office of the Department of Labor, Division of Unemployment Compensation, at 106 South Ashland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. Pearl Ware seeks to recover such damages from respondent under the doctrine of Res Ipsa Loquitur.

Respondent alleges that claimant waited approximately one month before seeking medical attention at Cook County Hospital, and further contends that the injuries were not of the nature alleged by claimant in her cause.

On December 21, 1961, claimant, Pearl Ware,…