Eckmann v. State

OPINION

Patchett, J.

Claimant once again brings an action for damages as a result of flooding on his farmland. He claims he suffered property and crop damage as a direct and proximate result of the negligence committed by the State of Illinois and Department of Transportation.

In April 1986, and again in the fall of 1986, the Illinois Department of Transportation acquired a temporary construction easement to clean out part of the Schneider Ditch and construct Interstate 255. The ditch runs west from its origin under Interstate 255, under a road called Black Lane, and next to the Claimants land,…