Sims-Hearn v. Office of the Medical Examiner

FIRST DIVISION

August 15, 2005

1-04-1927

GWENDOLYN A. SIMS-HEARN, ) Appeal from the) Circuit Court of

Plaintiff-Appellant, ) Cook County)

v. ) No.: 04 M1 014038)

OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL EXAMINER, ) Honorable

COUNTY OF COOK, ROBERT J. STEIN, ) Moira S. Johnson INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE, ) Judge Presiding)

Defendant-Appellee, )

Plaintiff, Gwendolyn Sims-Hearn, filed a claim in the Court of Claims, seeking compensation pursuant to the Crime Victims Compensation Act (740 ILCS 45/1 et seq . (2000)), for the death of her son. She claimed her son was murdered because he had witnessed a murder. After the…