BIRCH v. TOWNSHIP OF DRUMMER

No. 4-85-0204.

139 Ill. App.3d 397 (1985)

487 N.E.2d 798

PATRICIA L. BIRCH, Ex'x of the Estate of Charles P. Birch, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE TOWNSHIP OF DRUMMER et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed December 31, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Cornyn, of Allen & Korkowski & Associates, of Rantoul, for appellant.

Hurshal C. Tummelson, of Phebus, Tummelson, Bryan & Knox, of Urbana, for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE McCULLOUGH delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Patricia L. Birch, brought this negligence action as executrix of the estate of Charles Birch against the township of Drummer and its highway commissioner, Robert Bell. The plaintiff alleged the defendants had been negligent in failing to warn the decedent of a dangerous condition of their roadway, but a jury returned a verdict in the defendants' favor. On appeal...

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