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  "id": 2824798,
  "name": "Esther M. Carver, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent",
  "name_abbreviation": "Carver v. State",
  "decision_date": "1945-06-12",
  "docket_number": "No. 3878",
  "first_page": "241",
  "last_page": "243",
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      "cite": "14 Ill. Ct. Cl. 241"
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    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. Ct. Cl.",
    "id": 8793,
    "name": "Illinois Court of Claims"
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    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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    "parties": [
      "Esther M. Carver, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent."
    ],
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      {
        "text": "Eckert, J.\nClaimant, Esther M. Carver, is the widow of Addis Bertrand Carver, a former adult parole agent of the Department of Public Safety of the State of Illinois. On March 13, 1944, while en route from Canton, Illinois, to Springfield, Illinois, by order of his superior, claimant\u2019s husband sustained serious injuries when the car in which he was riding struck an automobile approaching from the opposite direction. Immediately following the collision, Carver was taken to St. Clara\u2019s Hospital, Lincoln, Illinois, by ambulance, and three physicians and surgeons were called. His injuries were diagnosed as \u201cfractured skull, compound fractures of the right leg, contusions, and abrasions.\u201d He did not regain consciousness and died five days later. Claimant, as widow of the deceased employee, seeks an award under the Workmen\u2019s Compensation\" Act in the amount of $4,-700.00, and expenditures on account of medical and hospital services in the amount of $331.00.\nAt the time of the accident, which resulted in the death of Addis Bertrand Carver, employer and employee were operating under the provisions of the Workmen\u2019s Compensation Act of this State. Notice of the accident and claim for compensation were made within the time provided by the Act. The accident arose out of and in the course of decedent\u2019s employment.\nDecedent had been employed by the respondent continuously for more than one year prior to his death, and his annual earnings were $2,341.81. Under Section 10(a) of the Workmen\u2019s Compensation Act, compensation must be computed on the basis of this annual wage, making decedent\u2019s average weekly wage $45.03, and his compensation rate the maximum of $15.00 per week. At the time of his death, decedent had no children under sixteen years of age dependent upon him for support.\nClaimant is, therefore, entitled to an award under Section 7(a) of the Workmen\u2019s Compensation Act in the amount of $4,000.00. The death having occurred as a result of an injury sustained after July 1, 1943, this amount must be increased 17%%, or $700.00, and the weekly rate must be increased 17%%, or $2.63, making a compensation rate of $17.63 per week.\nClaimant is also entitled to be reimbursed for moneys expended on account of hospital and medical services as follows:\nM. C. Hutehcraft, Lincoln, Illinois, ambulance service.......'... $ 5.00\nDr. Anthony Drummy, Lincoln, Illinois........ .\u25a0.............. 125.00\nDr. Bobert Boyd Perry, Lincoln, Illinois...................... 25.00\nDr. E. P. Coleman, Canton, Illinois........................... 50.00\nSt. Clara\u2019s Hospital, Lincoln, Illinois......................... 126.00\nTotal ...................................................$331.00\nAward is, therefore, made in favor of the claimant, Esther M. Carver, in the amount of $5,031.00, to be paid to her as follows:\n$331.00, reimbursement for hospital and medical services which is payable forthwith.\n$1,148.47 which has accrued and is payable forthwith.\nThe balance of $3,551.53 payable in weekly installments of $17.63 each, beginning June 12, 1945, for a period of 201 weeks, with an additional final payment of $7.90.\nAll future payments being subject to the terms and conditions of the Workmen\u2019s Compensation Act of Illinois, jurisdiction of this cause is specifically reserved for the entry of such further orders as may from time to time be necessary.\nThis award is subject to the approval of the Grovernor.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Eckert, J."
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Claimant, pro se.",
      "George F. Barrett, Attorney General; C. Arthur Nerel, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent."
    ],
    "corrections": "",
    "head_matter": "(No. 3878\nEsther M. Carver, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent.\nOpinion filed June 12, 1945.\nClaimant, pro se.\nGeorge F. Barrett, Attorney General; C. Arthur Nerel, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent."
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  "file_name": "0241-01",
  "first_page_order": 261,
  "last_page_order": 263
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