Griffin v. State

This is a claim brought by Virginia Griffin, a minor, by her father, Kent Griffin. The minor Claimant seeks damages from the State of Illinois for injuries received by her as a result of an incident that occurred on October 19,1980, on the grounds of the Kewanee National Guard Armory in Kewanee, Illinois. Claimant was playing on piles of leaves on the Armory grounds and cut her leg on broken glass which was hidden under the leaves.

From the evidence presented, it appears that on October 19, 1980, the seven-year-old Claimant was visiting her grandmother along with her mother and four other…