Cleckley v. State

OPINION

Frederick, J.

Claimant filed his complaint sounding in medical negligence in the Illinois Court of Claims on February 25, 1988. The Claimant alleged that in 1987, while he was serving a sentence in the Illinois Department of Corrections, the State failed to diagnose his condition of osteomyelitis which led to the loss of three of Claimants toes from his left foot and pain and suffering. The cause was tried before Commissioner Rochford.

The Claimant, Elman Cleckley, testified at the trial of this cause. Mr. Cleckley was 70 years old. He testified he has been an insulin-dependent diabetic…