Mackowiak v. State

On March 29, 1979, at approximately 12:55 p.m., Mark Mackowiak was operating a 1977 Toyota Corolla westbound on 1-55 and approaching a point approximately one mile east of the County Line Road where 1-294 crosses over 1-55. At that time and place, the State of Illinois Department of Transportation vehicles were on 1-55 under the 1-294 overpass trying to relieve a blocked sewer that had flooded the innermost westbound lane, part of the second lane, and the median shoulder. The easternmost State truck was parked half on and half off the median shoulder on the westbound lane. Behind that truck,…