Brown v. State

The Claimant, Horace Brown, seeks recovery of $3,856.00 in damages for personal injuries sustained on December 24, 1978, when he fell down stairs which were covered with ice at the State’s youth center in St. Charles, Illinois.

Claimant contends that the State of Illinois was negligent in failing to remove the ice from the steps utilized by visitors to the youth center, and that the State was negligent in failing to warn the Claimant of the unreasonably dangerous condition of the steps. The Respondent maintains that the Claimant has failed to show that he was free from contributory negligence…