Scott v. State

Luvone C. Scott, claimant, filed his claim for injuries sustained by him while he was an inmate at the Stateville Penitentiary and working on the Stateville Penitentiary Farm in Joliet, Illinois.

The record discloses that the claimant had been assigned by the respondent to labor in the corn cribs and around the farm and, in particular, in harvesting the com crop and seeing that it was placed in the crib.

On the 11th day of November, 1970, claimant was engaged in unloading a load of corn which had been brought to the place for unloading by a John Deere tractor. It appears this tractor was a John…