In re Balsavich

OPINION

Epstein, J.

This cause is before the Court of Claims on a recommendation from a Commissioner of this Court following a hearing. This Court denied Claimants application for benefits under the Crime Victims Compensation Act (740 ILCS 45/1 et seq.), on September 28, 1998, on the basis that the victims injuries were substantially attributable to, or provoked by, the victims own wrongful actions as proscribed by section 6.1(d) of the Act.

Claimant filed a timely request for a hearing. A hearing was held before Blanche Hill Fawell, a Commissioner of this Court on January 11, 2000.

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