Gower v. State

In Gower v. State (1994), 46 Ill.Ct.Cl. 434, the Court denied recovery to a claimant whose car was damaged when a tree limb fell on it while it was parked at a state park. The Court denied recovery under the theory that a patron visiting a state park assumes a risk when he chooses to place his property beneath a tree. Gower, 46 Ill.Ct.Cl. at 443. The evidence in Gower established that Claimant knew that there was a problem with falling tree limbs in other parts of the state park.