Legal Opinion

Berkin v. State

Court of Claims of Illinois

Decided December 13, 1972No. 5202PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtHolderman, J.

A Complaint was filed on December 3,1964, by Peter Berkin, Administrator of the Estate of Elena Berkin, also known as Joan Ashley, deceased, and Sara Berkin.

The Complaint alleges that Sara Berkin is the owner and/or beneficiary of the claims set forth herein as the mother of Elena Berkin, deceased, arising out of the wrongful death of her said daughter on December 7,1962.

The deceased was murdered on December 7,1962, by one Joseph Csanyi.

Joseph Csanyi, former Hungarian Revolution fighter, was admitted to the United States in 1956. He was committed to the Chicago State Hospital on March 17,…

2Cited by1 opinion

  1. Zimmerman v. StateCourt of Claims of Illinois · 1994

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