Starcher v. State

This case arises out of an accident which occurred on the Interstate 72 East exit ramp off of Interstate 55 near Springfield, Illinois. Claimant alleges that the State was negligent in failing to give the appropriate warnings for the hazards of the exit ramp, that the State was negligent in failing to post the appropriate speed limit for the exit ramp, and that the State’s negligence was the proximate cause of the accident.

On April 15, 1977, Jack A. Rhonemus, an employee of Claimant, was traveling northbound on Interstate 55 in a semi-truck pulling a chemical tanker. According to testimony by…