In Interstate Bakeries v. State (1974), 29 Ill. Ct. Cl. 446, it was claimed that the Respondent had failed to remove an accumulation of oil from the highway which caused an accident injuring the Claimant. The evidence indicated that the accident occurred on September 26, and that, as early as September 4 of the same year, the State had been notified by residents of a nearby village that oil was accumulating on the road and creating a dangerous condition. In fact, the Respondent had dispatched a maintenance crew to the site and had previously scraped excess oil off of the road. The condition was caused by oiling of the village roads adjacent to the highway. No warning signs were ever placed at the location where oil accumulated. The Court held that the State had actual notice on September 4, 1966, of the dangerous condition prior to the accident on September 26 of the same year. An award was made in the face of evidence that the State's maintenance crews had been to the site three to five times. The Respondent knew that the condition was a recurring one, and although the Respondent made efforts to repair the situation, the recurring nature of the situation was found to have placed the State on notice that its maintenance was ineffective and that warnings alerting motorists of a possible accumulation of oil at the intersection should have been posted.