In Shields v. State, 47 Ill.Ct.Cl. 313 (1994), the claimant fell on spilled soda on the steps of a basketball arena. The Court ruled that because the presence of the soda on the floor was open and obvious, it should have been recognized by claimant, and as such, the State did not breach a duty in failing to clean up the soda prior to the claimant's fall.