Woodring v. State

OPINION

Jann, J.

The Claimant, Jean Mable Woodring, brings this action for compensatory damages pursuant to section 8 of the Illinois Court of Claims. (705 ILCS 505/8.) The Claimant asserts that she was injured as a direct and proximate result of negligence committed by the State of Illinois which allegedly resulted in a traffic accident on Interstate 57 in Pulaski County.

At approximately 2:40 p.m. on August 29, 1985, the Claimant was a passenger in a 1977 Impala station wagon driven by John D. Frey, Sr., who was working as a service car driver for the Illinois Department of Public Aid,…