Owens v. State

The Claimant, Dessie Mae Owens, age 51 at the time of the mishap, has brought this action for damages for personal injury with accompanying pain and suffering and medical expenses.

On December 15, 1983, the Claimant, Dessie Mae Owens, drove her daughter-in-law, Lavalle Owens, a public aid client, to the office of the Department of Public Aid in Rockford. At the Rockford office, an enclosed entranceway opened into a large waiting room in which clients sat waiting to be summoned to meet their caseworkers. As the Owens entered the waiting room, there were chairs in front of them and to the right.…