Steger v. State

OPINION

Frederick, J.

On May 14, 1988, the Claimant, Claimants ex-husband, Robert Steger, and Claimants children went to the Bone Center of the Braden Auditorium at Illinois State University to watch Claimants son, Patrick, receive an award at a young writers/authors ceremony. Patrick was to receive an award for something he had written. There were several hundred people at the ceremony. The awardees were third and fourth grade children. The doors to the auditorium were opened at 1:00 p.m. and the Steger family entered at that time. Robert Steger, the father, noticed a slippery substance on the…