Stein v. State

This is an action to recover for personal injury sustained by Claimant, Robert Stein, on June 8, 1978, when the bicycle upon which he was riding struck an area of broken and defective pavement filled with water on the west side of Route 41 just south of West Park Avenue in Highland Park, Illinois. Claimant contended that the State was negligent in maintaining the area in question and had actual knowledge of the defect for a period of between six months to one year prior to June 8, 1978.

That since the initiation of this claim, the parties have engaged in extensive discovery and have entered…