Robertson v. State

Claimants in this cause are Allen J. Robertson, Richard A. Robertson and Lenore A. Robertson. On September 18, 1977, Allen J. Robertson and his mother, Lenore A. Robertson, were involved in an accident on U.S. Route 66 (temporary Interstate 55) while driving north to Chicago. The accident took place 10 to 15 miles north of Pontiac, Illinois, near Odell, Illinois.

Allen J. Robertson was returning to school at Northwestern University. He, his mother, and another friend, Gary Willard, left the Belleville, Illinois, area at approximately 7:00 a.m. Allen J. Robertson was driving, his mother was…