Robinson v. State

This claim arises from personal injuries suffered by Claimant while he was an inmate at Joliet Correctional Center.

The Claimant, Michael H. Robinson, was an inmate at the Joliet Correctional Center on January 10,1983. He and another inmate were assigned to clean a garage on the institution premises. Claimant had pulled away from the wall a six-foot-tall metal storage cabinet so that he could clean behind it. When he pushed the cabinet back towards the wall an automotive bead breaker fell off the cabinet and hit him on the head. As a result of the blow on the head, Claimant suffered a painful…