Campbell v. White

This is an appeal by the plaintiffs, James and Lois Campbell, coadministrators of the estate of Ronald J. Campbell, deceased, from an order of the circuit court of Champaign County dismissing plaintiffs’ complaint against defendant Colin E White, an Illinois State Police officer. On appeal, the only issue is whether the trial court properly dismissed the complaint against a State trooper for the reason that proper subject-matter jurisdiction of this claim rests in the Court of Claims and not in the circuit court, or because defendant is immune under the theory of public-official immunity.

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