Dawson v. State

This matter comes before the Court upon Respondent’s motion to dismiss filed March 7, 1983.

Claimant seeks recovery for personal injuries sustained by him as a result of a July 3, 1980, automobile accident involving two other cars on the Kennedy Expressway. There are some attachments to the complaint showing Claimant has already received $100,000 in exchange for a covenant not to sue the driver of one of the other vehicles.

Respondent moves to dismiss this claim on the basis of the set-off provision of the Court of Claims Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, eh., 37, par. 439.24 — 6). It is asserted that…