Malone v. State

ORDER

Sommer, C.J.

The Claimant, an inmate with the Illinois Department of Corrections, seeks judgment against the Respondent, State of Illinois, in the sum of $180,000 in compensation for personal injuries sustained by the Claimant while playing basketball at the Joliet Correctional Center. The Claimants complaint contends that on July 20, 1990, at 2:00 p.m., he was playing basketball in the west segregation yard. While playing basketball, the Claimant contends he slipped on small rocks and sand which had come from the brick wall to which the basketball goal was fastened, and fell against the…