Zun v. State

Claimant seeks recovery of $25,000 as Administrator of the Estate of James Corrigan, Jr., deceased, who committed suicide by jumping from an elevated train platform in front of a passing train while in the company of two attendants from the Illinois State Psychiatric Hospital.

The evidence reveals that on November 17, 1965, James Corrigan, Jr., was admitted to the Illinois State Psychiatric Hospital upon order of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. At the time of admission, his condition was diagnosed as “schizophrenic reaction, acute undifferentiated type.”

The respondent’s hospital…