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  "id": 2776765,
  "name": "Walter H. Gifford, Jr., Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent",
  "name_abbreviation": "Gifford v. State",
  "decision_date": "1959-03-26",
  "docket_number": "No. 4764",
  "first_page": "40",
  "last_page": "41",
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      "cite": "23 Ill. Ct. Cl. 40"
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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": [
      "Walter H. Gifford, Jr., Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent."
    ],
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      {
        "text": "Wham, J.\nThis is a claim in the sum of $247.42 for damages to claimant\u2019s automobile arising out of a collision between claimant\u2019s automobile and an Illinois National Guard truck. The accident occurred on February 28, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois.\nThe case is submitted to this Court upon a stipulation of facts duly entered into by claimant and respondent, a sworn statement in the nature of a complaint signed by claimant, and a repair bill of the Davis Oldsmobile Company in the amount of $247.42, which has been marked paid.\nThe stipulation of facts, which was signed by claimant\u2019s attorney and the Attorney General for the State of Illinois, reads as follows:\n\u201cIt is hereby stipulated by and between Walter H. Gifford, Jr., and the State of Illinois, through their counsels, Charles G. Lind and the Attorney General of the State of Illinois, respectively, as follows:\n1. That on February 28, 1956, plaintiff\u2019s automobile was damaged by a truck belonging to the Illinois National Guard, 234 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, and that said truck was being driven by Sgt. Gus C. Anagnost, Battery A, 768th AAA Bn., Illinois National Guard.\n2. That the accident took place on Chicago Avenue at Dearborn Street in Chicago, Illinois, and that plaintiff was not of fault.\n3. That as a result of said accident plaintiff's car was damaged to the extent of $247.42 as per statement of the Davis Oldsmobile Company of Chicago, Illinois, dated March 5, 1956, a copy of which is attached hereto and marked exhibit A, and paid by check on March 10, 1956, a copy of which is attached hereto and marked exhibit B.\n4. That the State of Illinois admits liability in the above matter, and that plaintiff has suffered damages to the extent of $247.42, plus cost of suit \u2014 exhibit C.\n5. That plaintiff does not claim any personal injuries as a result of the accident herein mentioned.\u201d\nFrom the record in this case, including the stipulation, it appears that respondent\u2019s vehicle was being driven by its agent, Sgt. Gris C. Anagnost, a member of the Illinois National Guard, in the regular course of his duty and scope of employment. Claimant had stopped in the line of traffic headed east on Chicago Avenue at its intersection with Dearborn Street in the City of Chicago, and respondent\u2019s truck, while being- driven by Sgt. Anagnost, ran into the back of claimant\u2019s vehicle. Sgt. Anagnost was unable to bring the truck to a stop, and the damages stipulated to in the amount of $247.42 resulted.\nThis record is sufficient to establish negligence upon the part of respondent, which proximately caused the damages in question, and due care and caution on the part of claimant. Therefore, this claim is hereby allowed in the sum of $247.42.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Wham, J."
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Charles G. Lind, Attorney for Claimant.",
      "Latham Castle, Attorney General; Richard F. Siman, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent."
    ],
    "corrections": "",
    "head_matter": "(No. 4764\nWalter H. Gifford, Jr., Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent.\nOpinion filed March 26, 1959.\nCharles G. Lind, Attorney for Claimant.\nLatham Castle, Attorney General; Richard F. Siman, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent."
  },
  "file_name": "0040-01",
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  "last_page_order": 73
}