Hankla v. State

Claimant Golda D. Hankla seeks recovery of damages of $14,000 which she alleges were caused by the negligence of Respondent when it let a fire from the trash dump at the Anna State Hospital burn several buildings and other material located upon her adjacent property.

The evidence shows that on the date of the fire, March 8, 1968, Claimant was the owner of approximately forty acres in Union County, Illinois, which was bordered on the south by land owned by the Anna State Hospital.

The Claimant testified that prior to March 8, 1968, improvements consisting of a house, a barn, a storage shed or…