Lyons v. State

This claim arises out of an accident which occurred on November 25, 1984. Claimant seeks to recover for injuries she sustained when she fell after descending a flight of stairs constructed of wood and maintained by the Respondent at Black Hawk State Park located near Rock Island, Illinois.

On October 9, 1986, Commissioner Bruno P. Bernabei held a hearing on the evidence. The commissioner has duly filed his report, together with the transcript, exhibits and briefs now before us.

The Claimant testified that as she stepped off the last step of the stairway with her left foot on to a wooden…