Gillespie v. State

Joan Gillespie, claimant, filed her complaint in this Court on March 1, 1961 in which she seeks an award of $25,000.00 for the fracture of her right ankle, which required two surgical operations. The injury resulted from a fall, which she experienced when she stepped over a curb into an asphalt parkway in a crosswalk in Evergreen Park, Illinois, which was maintained and controlled by the State of Illinois.

From the evidence it appears that claimant is a white female, thirty-two years of age, a housewife, and mother of three children. She testified that on February 23, 1959 she was crossing…