LaVelle v. State

OPINION

Sommer, C.J.

This is a claim for damages arising from the death of Terrence LaVelle allegedly caused by the negligence of the State.

The decedent, Terrence LaVelle, age 19, died when his automobile left the outer south-bound lane of Cottage Grove Avenue about two-tenths of a mile north of Sauk Trail Road in Cook County, spun around through the inner southbound lane, a four foot rumble strip median, and the two north-bound lanes, a walkway, and struck the bridge abutment on the north end of a bridge in the opposite lanes. The conditions were dry and clear, and it was 3:15 a.m. Friends of…