Dunbar v. State

OPINION

Jann, J.

Claimant seeks damages for personal injuries sustained by her on August 24, 1986, at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds at DuQuoin, Perry County, Illinois. Claimant alleges that she fell in a hole and suffered a broken ankle due to Respondents negligence.

Claimant, accompanied by her husband, visited friends and relatives at the Rend Lake Marina at Rend Lake and proceeded to the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds at approximately 6:00 p.m. Mrs. Dunbar and her husband walked the midway, talked with friends, and stopped to drink beer at a beer tent. Claimant and her husband left the beer tent…