Barry v. State

This claim is made against.the State of Illinois in tort under the provisions of section 8(d) of the Court of Claims Act (Ill. Rev. Stat., ch. 37, par. 439.8(d)), and Claimant seeks damages for medical and hospital expenses, loss of earnings, pain, suffering and disability.

The complaint alleges that on the 30th day of May 1977, the State of Illinois owned and managed the Kankakee River State Park in Kankakee, Illinois. The complaint further alleges that Claimant was a visitor at the park on the above date and was injured when a wooden stairway, which extended from the top of a cliff to the…