Wills v. State

This matter coming to be heard upon Respondent’s motion to dismiss, due notice having been given, and the Court being fully advised in the premises, we find as follows:

The instant claim is a wrongful death action arising from a fatal accident which occurred on September 10, 1979, at Elgin State Mental Hospital. Claimant’s decedent, Angeline A. Graham, was working in the laundry room at the hospital when she was struck by a large metal plate which became detached from a clothes extractor and flew across the room.

Respondent asserts in its motion that since Claimant’s decedent was a State…