Mazurek v. State of Illinois, Department of Mental Health

Claimant, Louise Mazurek, seeks compensation for a broken leg suffered while a patient at Chicago Reed Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, an institution operated by the respondent for treatment of the mentally distressed.

The facts are not in dispute. At about 2:00 a.m. on August 19, 1971, following a violent altercation in her home in which she threatened suicide, claimant was admitted to Chicago Reed Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. Shortly after her admission, claimant was briefly placed in arm and leg restraints. The restraints were leather straps, locked with a key, and applied to…