Baker v. State

In the afternoon on March 16, 1975, the Claimant, Douglas Baker, and three friends drove to Starved Rock Park, where they spent four hours hiking through the park viewing scenic and historic sites. They apparently did not pay anything to enter the park. They walked the paths of. Starved Rock and then walked to Lover’s Leap. While in the vicinity of Lover’s Leap with his three friends, the Claimant fell off the cliff onto a lower path area. As a result of the fall he sustained serious injuries for which this claim is made.

It is obvious from the testimony of the witnesses that the trails…