Heimann v. State

Claimant, Ellen Heimann, has brought this action to recover for the fracture of a bone in her right foot, suffered on July 14,1973, at the Pere Marquette Lodge, in Grafton, Illinois. Respondent owned and maintained the lodge, and Claimant alleges that her injury was proximately caused by the failure of the Respondent to properly maintain a pedestrian walkway on the premises. Specifically, Claimant contends that Respondent permitted a tunnel-like depression to exist across the entire width of the walkway, and failed to warn of its existence or to properly illuminate the area.

Claimant was the…