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  "id": 5319110,
  "name": "James Lewis, Claimant, v. State of Illinois, Respondent",
  "name_abbreviation": "Lewis v. State",
  "decision_date": "1979-04-09",
  "docket_number": "No. 74-CC-0620",
  "first_page": "522",
  "last_page": "524",
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      "cite": "32 Ill. Ct. Cl. 522"
    }
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. Ct. Cl.",
    "id": 8793,
    "name": "Illinois Court of Claims"
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    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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    "parties": [
      "James Lewis, Claimant, v. State of Illinois, Respondent."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Polos, C.J.\nClaimant, an inmate of an Illinois penal institution, has brought this action to recover the value of certain items of personal property of which he allegedly possessed while incarcerated. Claimant contends that the property in question was lost while in the actual physical possession of the State of Illinois, and that the State is liable as a bailee for the return of that property.\nClaimant demonstrated by preponderance of the evidence that during the course of a transfer from Cook County Jail to the Joliet Correctional Center, Claimant turned over to agents of the State of Illinois several items of personal property: including a gold wedding band, a silver ring, and a wrist watch, having a total value of $234.00. Claimant was told that the items would be shipped to his home address, but shortly thereafter the items were stolen from the office of the State employee.\nIt appears that the thieves who took the items were caught and are to be prosecuted, but the stolen property is still missing.\nThe Court finds that the State of Illinois took actual physical possession of Claimant\u2019s property, and that a bailment relationship existed with respect to that property. The loss of property while in the possession of a bailee raises a prima facie case of negligence, and the State has failed to come forward with any evidence showing that it took due care in safeguarding that property.\nIt is therefore ordered that Claimant be, and herede is awarded the sum of $234.00.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Polos, C.J."
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Cathleen Cohen and Jan Keleher, Attorneys for Claimant.",
      "William J. Scott, Attorney General; William Webber, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "(No. 74-CC-0620\nJames Lewis, Claimant, v. State of Illinois, Respondent.\nOpinion filed April 9, 1979.\nCathleen Cohen and Jan Keleher, Attorneys for Claimant.\nWilliam J. Scott, Attorney General; William Webber, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent."
  },
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  "first_page_order": 636,
  "last_page_order": 638
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