Stewart v. State

OPINION

JANN, J.

Hearing was held on this cause sounding in tort, on February 7, 1995, at Chicago, Illinois, before Commissioner Michael Kane.

On October 6, 1987, the Claimant, Stephen Stewart, entered the Department of Public Aid office at 8001 South Cottage Grove, Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Stewart had been in that office on numerous occasions in the past, and on this day he was there to seek a State card for medical treatment. There were rows of chairs located in the waiting area and he selected a chair in which to place his body. As he did so, the chair moved out from underneath him, causing him…