Toliver v. State

OPINION

Sommer, C.J.

The Claimants filed a complaint in the Illinois Court of Claims on October 24, 1983, seeking damages “in excess of the jurisdictional amount” of $100,000 for each Claimant, for injuries sustained by them, arising from an accident that occurred on October 3, 1982, while riding on their individual motorcycles on a State highway. The accident occurred about 5:00 p.m.

Artis Toliver and his wife, Dorothy, motorcyclists with 30 years and 8 years experience, were riding their separate vehicles on Illinois Route 1, north of its intersection with Sollitt Road, in the City of Momence,…