In Reynolds v. State (1983), 35 Ill. Ct. Cl. 647, a claim was brought against the State of Illinois alleging that the respondent was negligent in failing to observe, guard, or care for the claimant. The evidence showed that the claimant was admitted to a minimum security unit on July 3, 1976, after the examining physician diagnosed acute psychotic episode. In the course of the next 34 hours the claimant attempted to escape on several occasions and finally escaped on July 4, 1976. On the morning of July 6, 1976, the claimant jumped in the Chicago River and drowned. The Court denied the claim. In Reynolds, supra, at 49, the Court stated: "The burden of proof is on the claimant to warrant the imposition of liability and negligence against the hospital. The State, by the Department of Mental Health, owes its patients the duty of protection and must exercise reasonable care toward the patients as the patient's known condition may require, including safeguarding of a patient from dangers due to mental incapacity when such mental incapacities are known or by the exercise of reasonable care ought be known. The State is not, however, an insurer of the safety of the patients under the care of its Department of Mental Health." Thus, the claimant has the burden of showing that the respondent failed to exercise reasonable care for the patient given his known condition. The claimant in Reynolds did not meet its burden.