Allen v. State

In Allen v. State (1984), 36 Ill. Ct. Cl. 242, the Court denied relief to a motorcyclist who was injured when he lost control of his motorcycle. The motorcyclist contended that a patched area in the highway had caused him to lose control. In Allen, Justice Roe found that the Claimant had failed to meet his burden of proof, and that he had failed to show that the patched area of the highway was so defective and dangerous that it left the highway unfit for the purpose for which it was intended, or that the highway was not reasonably safe. IDOT employees testified that the area in question had been repeatedly examined and repaired using state maintenance standards.