Branch v. State

OPINION

Frederick, J.

This is a complaint sounding in tort and filed by Claimant, Ivan Branch, on October 31, 1985, a prisoner of the Illinois Department of Corrections incarcerated at the Pontiac Correctional Center. He seeks damages for injuries he received on November 24, 1984, while working in the officers’ kitchen at Pontiac. The cause was tried by Commissioner Kane who has duly filed his report.

The Facts

On November 24, 1984, the Claimant was an inmate at the Pontiac Correctional Center. Mr. Branch had a job within the institution which required him to work in the officers’ kitchen.…