Smith v. State

This cause comes on to be heard following a hearing before the Commissioner, and the Commissioner having filed his report. Claimant, Deloris Smith, was a business invitee at the Illinois Secretary of State driver’s license facility at 570 West 209th Street, Chicago Heights, Illinois. Claimant testified that after an examination for the purpose of renewing her driver’s license, she walked to the waiting area of Respondent’s facility, where she slipped and fell. Claimant alleges she slipped and fell to the floor due to water accumulation on a tile floor. Claimant and another witness, who…