In Hall v. State (1991), 45 Ill. Ct. Cl. 276, 280, Claimant sought recovery from Respondent when she fell down an unlighted stairway while leaving the grandstand at the DuQuoin State Fair on August 31, 1988. Claimant in the Hall case sought damages in the amount of $ 100,000 for medical expenses and pain and suffering. In Hall, Claimant and her sisters went to a program at the grandstand in the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds. The Claimant and her sisters climbed upstairs to get to their seats. There were no ushers when they arrived, and the show had begun with the stage being lit up. It was dark and there were no over-head lights where they were sitting. The Claimant and her sisters decided to leave early at a time when only the stage lights were on. They left single file and the Claimant was third in line. Claimant testified that she could not see the stairs and it was very dark in the stairwell. There were no lights on the stairs and no lights on the end of the seats; however, there was a bannister or railing. Claimant testified she could not see where she stepped and felt her way down with her feet trying to feel the next step as she went. Claimant testified the steps did not feel uniform in size or shape. Claimant fell and was injured, having no idea how many steps she missed. Claimant and her sisters went down the same stairs they had come up. In the Hall case, supra, the Court noted that the Claimant and her sisters went up the same stairs without difficulty in the same lighting. In Hall, Claimant's companions negotiated the stairs without difficulty, and this Court noted that only the Claimant fell. In Hall, the Claimant did not recall holding on to the railing whereas.