Patterson v. State

This claim arose out of an incident which occurred on June 28, 1972. On that date, William B. Patterson, a 52-year-old polio victim, using crutches, was a visitor at the Lincoln Home area at Springfield, Illinois. Upon arrival at the area, Mr. Patterson and the other persons in his party descended from the bus in which they arrived and approached the wooden walkway which extended from the parking lot to the brick sidewalk running in front of the Lincoln Home itself. Upon noticing the wooden walkway, and that it was wet from rain which had fallen earlier that day, Mr. Patterson adjusted his…