Hewitt v. State

This is a claim brought by Niel P. Hewitt against the State of Illinois for $1,323.19, the amount of damages caused to a 1973 Ford automobile, as a result of being struck by a State of Illinois snowplow. Claimant has charged the State’s employee with the negligent operation of the snowplow proximately causing the damage to Claimant’s vehicle.

Following the Court’s denial of Respondent’s motion to dismiss, a hearing was held before the undersigned commissioner on May 12, 1981. In lieu of testimony, the parties stipulated to the facts of the accident in question, summarized as follows:

On January…