Miholic v. State of Illinois, Department of Public Works & Buildings, Division of Highways

This claim arises out of an automobile accident allegedly caused by the State’s negligence in failing to keep drainage ditches, and particularly a culvert, open to prevent flooding and icing of a State highway.

Evidence discloses that on March 2, 1971, at about 7:30 a.m., one Kenneth M. Laube was driving a 1966 Dodge Sedan in a southerly direction on Route 63 in Liberty Township, Illinois.

The occupants of the motor vehicle were Deborah Miholic, who was seated in the right front passenger seat, Lynn Nowak, seated in the left rear seat, and Matthew Miholic, deceased, seated in the right rear…