Hoskins v. State

Claimant, William Hoskins, by his father and next friend, seeks to recover from the State of Illinois the sum of $25,000.00 for personal injuries allegedly sustained as a result of respondent’s negligence, whereby claimant was severely and permanently injured.

William Hoskins, on June 20, 1960, was fifteen years of age, and an inmate of the Illinois State Training School for Boys, St. Charles, Illinois. On that particular date, he had been assigned to work in the cannery, which was part of the school, and was under the supervision of William Dawson, an employee of respondent.

On June 20, 1960,…