Case Name: Elva Jennings Penwell, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent
Court: Illinois Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1967-08-16
Citations: 26 Ill. Ct. Cl. 171
Docket Number: No. 3025
Parties: Elva Jennings Penwell, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 26
Pages: 171–173

Head Matter:
(No. 3025
Elva Jennings Penwell, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent.
Opinion filed August 16, 1967.
Gosnell and Benecki, Attorneys for Claimant.
William G. Clark, Attorney General; Lee D. Martin, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent.

Opinion:
Pezman, J.
On March 2, 1967, claimant filed her petition for reimbursement for monies expended for nursing care and help, medical services and expenses from January 1, 1966 to January 1, 1967. Claimant seeks reimbursement in the sum of $3,912.47.
Claimant was injured on February 2, 1936 in an accident arising out of and in the course of her employ ment as Supervisor at the Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's School at Normal, Illinois. The injury was serious, causing temporary blindness and general paralysis. The facts are fully detailed in the original case of Penwell vs. State of Illinois, 11 C.C.R. 365, in which an initial award was made, and at which time jurisdiction was retained to make successive awards in the future.
Claimant has attached to her petition as exhibit No. 1 a bill of particulars, which discloses the amounts expended from January 1, 1966 to January 1, 1967, to be as follows:
1. Nursing and practical help .$ 1,204.40
2. Room and board for nurses and practical help 730.00
3. Drugs, supplies and miscellaneous . 524.57
4. Physicians, hospital and professional services 1,453.50
Total expenses to January 1, 1967..........$ 3,912.47
A joint motion of claimant and respondent was filed herein on May 7,1967 asking the Court for leave to waive the filing of briefs and arguments therein. On that date an- order was entered granting the prayer of said motion.
Claimant's petition clearly alleges that there has been no improvement in her physical condition since the last award, and that her condition requires constant care by physicians and practical nurses. Exhibit No. 2 attached to said petition contains receipts and vouchers for the monies detailed as having been spent in exhibit No. 1. From an examination of the petition and the exhibits, as well as the file in this cause, the Court is of the opinion that the expenditure of such sums of money were necessary for the care of claimant.
An award is, therefore, made to claimant in the amount of $3,912.47 for the period of time from January 1, 1966 to January 1, 1967. The Court reserves jurisdiction of this matter for further determination of claimant's need for additional care.