Wightman v. State

On October 15, 1974, a claim was filed by Alice Wightman in which she seeks to recover damages for injuries sustained by reason of tripping or falling over a metal divider which separated the grass from the pavement, at the Abraham Lincoln Tomb State Memorial in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois.

The facts of the case are as follows:

On June 24, 1973, Claimant and her husband, Charles W. Wightman, went to Lincoln’s Tomb at about 10:00 a.m. on a clear day to take a picture of the bust of Lincoln. Claimant testified that she could not get the bust focused properly so she stepped back and…