Pratt v. State

The Claimant, while an inmate at the Department of Corrections, filed a pro se complaint for personal injuries, allegedly received while in the Cook County jail hospital. The Claimant did not file any notice of intent to sue or bring claim against the State as required by the provisions of section 22-1 of the Court of Claims Act. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 37, par. 439.22-1.

This cause was assigned to a commissioner of this Court to conduct a hearing. On August 9, 1979, a hearing was held before the commissioner. The Claimant conceded that his injury occurred at the Cook County jail hospital, a…