Robinson v. State

In Robinson v. State (1981), 35 Ill. Ct. Cl. 185, the Claimant was injured when a piece of concrete fell onto her car while she was driving under a bridge. The State argued that, although it knew that the underside of the bridge was defective and that there was concrete falling from the underside of the bridge, those parts of the bridge were unrelated to Claimant's accident and, consequently, the State did not have knowledge that the underside of the bridge in other areas was defective. The Court held that the State could be charged with knowledge of the condition because it had actual knowledge of a defective underside. Robinson, at 189.