Case ID: ill-ct-cl_23/html/0124-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

(No. 3025
    Elva Jennings Penwell, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent.
    
      Opinion filed May 23, 1959.
    
    John W. Preihs, Attorney for Claimant.
    Latham Castle, Attorney General; C. Arthur Nebel, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent.
   Tolsobt, C. J.

On April 23, 1959, claimant, Elva Jennings Penwell, filed a supplemental petition for reimbursement for monies expended by her for medical services and expenses from July 1, 1958 to April 1, 1959.

On May 2, 1959, claimant and respondent filed a joint motion for leave to waive the filing of briefs and arguments, and alleged that claimant’s receipts for payment of medical bills and services constituted the entire evidence in the case.

Claimant was injured in an accident, while employed at the Illinois Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Children’s School at Normal, Illinois. The accident occurred on February 2, 1936, and the original award is reported in 11 C.C.R. 365. This Court retained jurisdiction of the case, and successive awards have been made from time to time.

The petition before the Court at this time again discloses that claimant is permanently disabled, and is entitled to an additional award.

Original receipts, received in evidence, establish the following claim:

Item A: Nursing ______________________________$ 1,138.65

Room and Board for Nurses _______ 477.75

Item B: Drugs and Supplies __________________ 102.48

Item C: Physician _________________________________ 1,175.39

Item D: Transportation ______________________________ 25.00

Total _________________________________________$ 2,919.27

An award is, therefore, made to claimant for monies expended from July 1,1958 to April 1,1959 in the amount of $2,919.27.

The Court reserves jurisdiction for further determination of claimant’s need for additional medical care.