Newsome v. State

This matter comes before the Court as a result of a claim brought by Claimant, a resident of Stateville Correctional Center, for the loss of a trial transcript when the toilet in his cell overflowed.

On October 16, 1984, at approximately 8:00 a.m., Claimant states he left his cell in cell house B-East to go to work. He had no cellmate. He states his cell was in order when he left. On the day in question, between 1:30 and 2:00 p.m., he was notified to return to his cell because it was flooded. Sewage had come up out of the toilet bowl, water had run onto the floor of the cell and was one to two…