Kent v. State

In Kent v. State, 32 Ill. Ct. Cl. 471 (1978), the Court held that Claimant was entitled to damages when he reasonably relied upon the representations of the supervisory personnel that he was hired for the job of Administrative Assistant and worked in that capacity for five months, turning down two other jobs on the representations of personnel that he was hired. The Court entered an award on the ground that the State had induced claimant to perform services for it, and had accepted those services, with knowledge that he had not been legally hired.