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  "id": 5345643,
  "name": "Saul Goodman, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent",
  "name_abbreviation": "Goodman v. State",
  "decision_date": "1958-01-14",
  "docket_number": "No. 4757",
  "first_page": "681",
  "last_page": "682",
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      "cite": "22 Ill. Ct. Cl. 681"
    }
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. Ct. Cl.",
    "id": 8793,
    "name": "Illinois Court of Claims"
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  "jurisdiction": {
    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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  "provenance": {
    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
    "source": "Harvard",
    "batch": "2018"
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "Saul Goodman, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Fearer, J.\nA claim has been filed in this Court for property damage to claimant\u2019s automobile growing out of an accident, which occurred on May 7,1956, at or about the hour of 5:30 P.M., at the intersection of Wacker Drive and Monroe Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois.\nRespondent\u2019s vehicle, a truck of the Illinois National Guard, was driven by Master Sgt. Solario.\nThe record consists of the complaint, which was filed in this Court-on January 4, 1957. It charges respondent with general acts of negligence, i.e., failure to keep the vehicle driven by Master Sgt. Solario under proper control ; disregard of traffic signals; failure to stop said automobile at a stop sign, where claimant was waiting; and, failure to yield the right of way to traffic having the green light at the intersection, and proceeding in the opposite direction just prior to the collision.\nNo answer having been filed by respondent, a general traverse is considered.\nThe only witness testifying in the case was claimant. The only evidence offered by respondent was a Departmental Report.\nAs to damages sustained as a result of said accident, claimant has proven by a preponderance or greater weight of the evidence a total cost of repairs to his automobile in the amount of $105.23.\nThe Commissioner, who heard this case, recommended that the claim be allowed in the sum of $105.23. The Commissioner interrogated claimant, and had an opportunity to observe him, and his demeanor and manner of testifying. After making a careful review of the Departmental Report, he found that claimant maintained the burden of proving that he was free from contributory negligence, and that it was the negligence of Master Sgt. Solario in failing to observe claimant\u2019s automobile parked at the intersection waiting for the traffic signal to change, which was the proximate cause of the accident, and which resulted in the damages testified to by claimant. Also, an exhibit was introduced substantiating the amount of damages to the trunk and bumper of claimant\u2019s automobile. The sum of $105.23 was paid to restore said damaged parts to the condition they were in just prior to the time of the accident.\nIt is, therefore, the order of this Court that claimant, Saul Goodman, be allowed his claim in the sum of $105.23.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Fearer, J."
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Epton, Scott, McCarthy and Epton, Attorneys for Claimant.",
      "Latham Castle, Attorney General; Lester Slott, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent."
    ],
    "corrections": "",
    "head_matter": "(No. 4757\nSaul Goodman, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent.\nOpinion filed January 14, 1958.\nEpton, Scott, McCarthy and Epton, Attorneys for Claimant.\nLatham Castle, Attorney General; Lester Slott, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent."
  },
  "file_name": "0681-01",
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}