Stephenson v. State

This is a claim for the loss of items of personal property when Claimant was taken from the disciplinary segregation unit at the Menard Correctional Center to the health-care unit of the institution on April 27,1983.

There is no dispute that the State took possession of Claimant’s property and that it was not returned to him. The problem presented by this case is the value to be placed on the lost items.

In the portion of his complaint entitled bill of particulars, Claimant described the items as follows:

“(9) Nine years accumulation of legal files, books and records including but not limited to…