Schneider v. State

OPINION

JANN, J.

Claimant was injured while riding a bicycle on Illinois Route 132 near the intersection of Riverside Drive in Gurnee, Illinois, on July 28, 1987, at approximately 4:00 p.m. Claimants bicycle struck a sewer grate as Claimant was trying to avoid a protruding mirror on a passing van. The bicycle tire lodged in the sewer grate causing Claimant to flip over the handlebars. Claimant suffered injuries to her lip, teeth and general bruising and soreness to her body.

Claimant asserts that the State was negligent in designing, constructing and maintaining the sewer grate adjacent to the…