Palecki v. State

Claimant, Charlotte Palecki, brings this action to recover for injury to her person, which she sustained on October 13, 1966, in a fall on a public highway known as 87th Street near the corner of South Francisco Avenue in Evergreen Park, Illinois.

The facts are relatively undisputed, and are as follows:

On October 13, 1966, at about 5:15 p.m. claimant was walking south on Francisco Avenue on the east side thereof. At the point where Francisco Avenue intersects with 87th Street claimant crossed to the southwest corner of Francisco Avenue and 87th Street for the purpose of boarding an eastbound…