{
  "id": 2755127,
  "name": "Mary Jo Gillan, as wife of Martin M. Gillan, deceased, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent",
  "name_abbreviation": "Gillan v. State",
  "decision_date": "1972-06-13",
  "docket_number": "No. 00006",
  "first_page": "444",
  "last_page": "445",
  "citations": [
    {
      "type": "official",
      "cite": "27 Ill. Ct. Cl. 444"
    }
  ],
  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. Ct. Cl.",
    "id": 8793,
    "name": "Illinois Court of Claims"
  },
  "jurisdiction": {
    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
  },
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  "last_updated": "2023-07-14T20:31:40.516308+00:00",
  "provenance": {
    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
    "source": "Harvard",
    "batch": "2018"
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  "casebody": {
    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "Mary Jo Gillan, as wife of Martin M. Gillan, deceased, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Perlin, C.J.\nThis claim was filed pursuant to Ch. 48, Sec. 281, Ill.Rev.Stat., 1971, \u201cLaw Enforcement Officers and Firemen Compensation Act\u201d. The Court is in receipt of the Application for benefits and Statement Supervising Officer, as well as an investigative report by the Illinois Attorney General\u2019s office. Based upon these documents the Court finds as follows:\nThat the claimant, Mary Jo Gillan, is the wife of decedent and is the named beneficiary under the Application for Benefits. That the decedent, Martin M. Gillan, was a fireman for the Village of Maywood, Illinois, engaged in the scope of duty on December 25 and 26, 1971, within the meaning of Section 282 of the aforecited act. On said dates he suffered heavy smoke inhalation while fighting a fire, resulting in his death on January 18,1972. The court further finds that the Attorney General\u2019s office in its investigation has determined that this claim is within the scope of the above cited statutes:\n\u201cSection 282(e) \u2018killed in the line of duty\u2019 means losing one\u2019s life as a result of injury received in the active performance of duties as a law enforcement officer or fireman if the death occurs within one year from the date the injury was received and if that injury arose from violence or other accidental cause . . .\nIT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the sum of $10,000.00 (TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS) be, and the same hereby is, granted to Mary Jo Gillan as wife and next of kin of the decedent, Martin M. Gillan.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Perlin, C.J."
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Mary Jo Gillan, Claimant, pro se.",
      "William J. Scott, Attorney General; Saul R. Wexler, Assistant Attorney General, and Vincent Biskupic, Special Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent."
    ],
    "corrections": "",
    "head_matter": "(No. 00006\nMary Jo Gillan, as wife of Martin M. Gillan, deceased, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent.\nOpinion filed June 13, 1972.\nMary Jo Gillan, Claimant, pro se.\nWilliam J. Scott, Attorney General; Saul R. Wexler, Assistant Attorney General, and Vincent Biskupic, Special Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent."
  },
  "file_name": "0444-01",
  "first_page_order": 460,
  "last_page_order": 461
}