Skinner v. State

Claimant Robert Skinner has brought this action to recover for personal injuries and property damage incurred when the car in which he was riding collided with a car being driven by one Gaila Riddle at the intersection of Blackhawk Road and 20th Street in Rockford, Illinois, on October 5, 1969. The gravamen of Skinner’s claim is that Respondent negligently failed to properly maintain a stop sign at the intersection.

On October 5, 1969, at approximately 5:00 p.m., Claimant was driving in a westerly direction on Black-hawk Road, an east-west street, near its intersection with 20th Street, a…