Lynch v. State

In Lynch v. State (1995), 48 Ill. Ct. Cl. 98, 100, the Court summarily found that the State could not have been charged with liability based on the failure to adequately correct the icy condition. An award was made based upon failure to warn of a hazard which the record indicated had existed for many years. The Court explicitly found the State could not have been held liable for correcting the specific icy condition, lacking actual notice. (Id. at pages 100-101.) The award was based upon a finding of constructive notice in a close factual case.