Hammer v. State

This is a claim by George Hammer, an inmate of the Graham Correctional Institution in Hillsboro, Illinois, for injuries he sustained on May 11, 1984, while performing his duties in the kitchen. On the date of the accident, the Claimant was a cook and had been a cook for six months at Graham. During the early evening of May 11, 1984, the Claimant slipped and fell on an excess amount of water on the kitchen floor and suffered a second-degree burn on his right ankle. According to the testimony, the burn either resulted from the hot water on the floor or from direct contact with a cooking pot.

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