Long v. State

OPINION

Patchett, J.

This claim arises from an accident which occurred on May 27, 1979, at the Illinois State Minimum Security Correctional Center near Vienna, Illinois. Paul Long, husband of the Claimant, Deborah Long, was a resident at the Center at the time of the accident. On May 27th, Claimant, while visiting her husband, fell on her low back when a bench on which she was sitting collapsed. Claimant alleges the injuries she suffered were caused by the negligence of agents of the State of Illinois.

Claimant met her husband for a regular visit on the day in question. After having lunch and…