McDougle v. State

Claimant is the duly appointed administrator of the Estate of Jerry Williams, deceased. Claimant seeks an award against the State in the sum of $25,000.00 based upon alleged negligence and willful and wanton misconduct of medical personnel at the State Penitentiary Facility at Menard, Illinois, in treatment of the decedent’s injuries sustained as a result of an attack by a fellow inmate.

On the afternoon of February 3, 1971, a disturbance occurred at the prison among a certain group of inmates who had been assigned to clean the dining hall after dinner. While several inmates were still in the…