Scivally v. State

ORDER

Mitchell, J.

Mark Scivally, age 13, and Jonathan Jackson, age 14, died on August 24, 1989, in the City of Rockford. They had been swimming in a drainage ditch under the Kishwaukee Street Rridge which had a substructure with a box culvert on the west side and piers on the east side. Present with them before they drowned was Jonathans brother, Raymond Jackson. Mark Scivally and Raymond Jackson were best of friends.

The bridge in question is one of 112 bridges located in the City of Rockford. Located under the bridge is a box culvert through which water runs from a concrete drainage ditch…