Karulski v. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

This is an action brought by Joseph Karulski, as Administrator of the Estate of Adella Karulski, deceased, against the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois under the Illinois Wrongful Death Act, 1961 Ill. Rev. Stats., Chap. 70, Sec. 2, and the Court of Claims Act, 1961 Ill. Rev. Stats., Chap. 37, Sec. 439.8.

The facts of this case are as follows:

Approximately twenty-five years ago, when she was nineteen years old, Adella Karulski sustained head injuries in an automobile accident. After the accident she began experiencing severe head pains. About 1947, Mrs. Karulski began to have…