J. J. Altman & Co. v. State

This claim arises from an accident which occurred while Respondent’s employee was mowing brush along a public highway. On August 24, 1979, Claimant’s employee was driving an automobile owned by Claimant on Lake Drive along the boundary to Frank Holten State Park near East St. Louis, Illinois. Kevin Ellis, an employee of the Illinois Department of Conservation, was operating a hog mower in the park area adjacent to Lake Drive. Some foreign object, either a rock or piece of wood, was thrown by the mower against the Claimant’s automobile. The cost of repair was $141.00.

Neither party introduced…