Court of Claims of Illinois April 14, 1952, No. 4445 (Broadway v. State)

Delaney, J.

Claimant, James E. Broadway, was employed on January 23, 1951 as a common laborer by respondent in the Department of Public Works and Buildings, Division of Highways. On that day, Mr. Broadway was one of a group of men engaged in placing oil drums on a rack in the Division’s storage shed in Stallings, Madison County, Illinois. At approximately 8:30 A.M., Mr.