Henry Ross Construction v. State

OPINION

Raucci, J.

This is a claim brought by two Claimants, Henry Ross, hereinafter called “Ross,” and Henry Ross Construction Company, Inc., hereinafter called “Company.” The claim was to recover damages allegedly resulting from the violation by the Illinois Department of Transportation, hereinafter called “IDOT,” of the provisions of the Illinois Highway Code. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 121, par. 4 — 510).

Ross was one of seven beneficiaries of the Green Acres Trust Number Two. In 1976, that trust owned certain unimproved real estate south of the city of Edwardsville in Madison County,…