Burgener v. State

Claimant, Clifton W. Burgener, Administrator of the Estate of Myra J. Burgener, deceased, seeks recovery of $25,000.00 damages arising out of the death of his wife on Monday, January 29, 1962, on Illinois State Route No. 157.

Claimant alleges that the State of Illinois, through its Division of Highways of the Department of Public Works and Buildings, was negligent in that it permitted Highway-No. 157 to be and remain in an icy and dangerous condition, and failed to warn the traveling public of the dangerous condition. The accident occurred several miles north of Bunkham Road on Highway No. 157…