Lucius v. State

OPINION

Frederick, J.

The Claimant, Robert Lucius, filed his claim sounding in negligence in the Court of Claims on November 29, 1990. Claimant, who was at the time of the occurrence an inmate in the Illinois Department of Corrections, alleged that he suffered injury while working at the Vandalia Correctional Center farm in September of 1990. The Claimant seeks damages in the amount of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000).

The Commissioner set the cause for trial on May 11, 1993. Two days prior to trial, the Respondent filed a motion to dismiss alleging Claimant’s failure to exhaust his remedies…