In re Norby

OPINION

Montana, C.J.

This is a claim for compensation filed pursuant to the Crime Victims Compensation Act, Ill. Rev. Stat. (1989), ch. 70, par. 71, et seq. (hereinafter referred to as the Act). This Court has exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine this matter pursuant to section 8 of the Court of Claims Act. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 37, par. 439.8(g).

For all practicable purposes, this case is undisputed. The facts show that the applicant, David B. Norby, on May 17, 1987, while driving home from a friends house, struck a parked Toyota automobile. The Toyota thereupon rolled backwards…