Gower v. State

OPINION

Frederick, J.

Claimant, Oral F. Gower, seeks judgment against Respondent, State of Illinois, in the sum of $1,100 for damages done to Claimants Ford F-150 pickup truck when a limb fell from a tree and struck his truck at Ft. Massac State Park on October 4, 1992. Claimants complaint alleges that the limb from the tree fell on his pickup tmck “purely and totally” as a result of negligence on the part of Respondent. Claimant contends that many trees in the park had been chosen to be cut for many months and had been marked with red paint on the trunks. Claimant alleged that dead limbs had…