Hines v. State

OPINION

JANN, J.

These claims arise out of events occurring on November 29, 1979, at which time the Claimants were convicted felons in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections. The Claimants and other prisoners were being transported, by bus, from one Department of Corrections facility to another.

The bus in question was stopped within the confines of the Vandalia Correctional Center when said bus caught on fire. The inmates were shackled to a chain inside the bus in question, and despite efforts of rescue by Department of Corrections personnel, the fire resulted in the death of one…