Doe v. State

OPINION

Montana, C.J.

This matter is before the Court upon the joint stipulation of the parties hereto. This claim sounds in tort and is brought pursuant to section 8(d) of the Court of Claims Act. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 37, par. 439.8(d).

Claimant was a student at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois, and resided at Grant Towers South residence hall, a dormitory owned, operated and maintained by Respondent. On two separate occasions, on the evenings of January 13, 1980, and March 23, 1980, Claimant suffered personal injuries when she was attacked, assaulted, battered and raped in…