KLEREN v. BOWMAN

Gen. No. 11,029.

15 Ill. App.2d 148 (1957)

145 N.E.2d 810

Ralph J. Kleren, Jr., a minor, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Zander Bowman et al., Defendants; Schrager Construction Company, Certain Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District, First Division.

Rehearing denied December 4, 1957.

Released for publication December 5, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leren & Burek, of Wheaton (Palmer Leren, of counsel) for Schrager Construction Company, certain defendant and appellant.

Reid, Ochsenschlager and Murphy, of Aurora (William C. Murphy and Lambert M. Ochsenschlager, of counsel) for plaintiff-appellee.


PRESIDING JUSTICE DOVE delivered the opinion of the court.

On May 31, 1954, plaintiff, then fourteen years of age sustained serious injuries when he and his bicycle, which he was riding fell twenty or more feet from the surface of a parking lot, then under construction, to the premises below. Thereafter, by his father and next friend, he filed this action against the owner of the premises, Zander Bowman, the lessee thereof, Jewel Tea Company, the general contractor...

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