Case Name: Percy Wolff, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent
Court: Illinois Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1931-05-14
Citations: 6 Ill. Ct. Cl. 566
Docket Number: No. 1717
Parties: Percy Wolff, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 6
Pages: 566–567

Head Matter:
(No. 1717
Percy Wolff, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent.
Opinion filed May 14, 1931.
Percy Wolff, pro se.
Oscar E. Carlstrom, Attorney General; Carl I. Dietz, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice Thomas
delivered the opinion of the court:
Claimant was a member of the State Highway Maintenance Police and, on December 1, 1928, while in the per formance of Ms duties, was struck by an automobile. As a result of the collision he suffered the following injuries: fracture of the femur of his left leg, a fracture to his skull, a compound fracture of the fibula and tibia of his left leg, a fracture of his left hand, and other external and internal injuries. These injuries necessitated his being kept in a hospital for 166 days where he received the services of nurses and physicians. Fourteen X-rays of his injuries were taken and he was furnished with a walking appliance before leaving the hospital. His medical, nurse and hospital bills aggregated the sum of $4,024.79, of which the State has paid $1,472.85 leaving $2,551.94 for which he is asking an award. The evidence shows one of the medical bills is $135.00 more than it should be, and the Attorney General concedes that claimant is entitled to an award for the above sum less that amount. Claimant is therefore awarded the sum of $2,416.94.