Peters v. State

This is a claim of Leona Peters against the Respondent, the State of Illinois, for personal injuries sustained when Ms. Peters fell in the offices of the Unemployment Compensation Board in Chicago, Illinois, on August 7, 1981. Ms. Peters was at the Unemployment Compensation Board to conduct some business at the Board’s office.

The testimony showed that Ms. Peters, 57 years old, had been at the offices of the Unemployment Compensation Board a number of times before August 7, 1981. Claimant was wearing flat-soled shoes and carrying a small purse. She had been at the Unemployment Compensation…