Askew v. State

OPINION

Raucci, J.

Claimant seeks judgment in the sum of $100,000 as a result of physical injuries sustained by him while a resident of the Illinois Department of Corrections. He contends that the department negligently failed to protect him, and that as a proximate result thereof, he was injured.

He testified that he had been housed at the Menard penitentiary for a couple of months before he was injured. On October 18, 1983, he was going to breakfast and stepped out of his cell. Other prisoners were coming down the gallery because the doors were open. He took a couple of steps from his cell and…