NICHOLS v. SITKO

No. 86-1997.

157 Ill. App.3d 950 (1987)

510 N.E.2d 971

RICHARD NICHOLS, a Minor, by Linda Nichols, his Mother and Next Friend, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHESTER W. SITKO et al., Defendants-Appellees and Counterdefendants-Appellees (Donna L. Sacks, Defendant and Counterplaintiff-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed June 18, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marks, Marks & Kaplan, of Chicago (Gilbert W. Gordon, of counsel), for appellant Richard Nichols.

Victor J. Piekarski and Michael Resis, both of Querrey, Harrow, Gulanick & Kennedy, Ltd., of Chicago, for appellant Donna L. Sacks.

Francis J. Leyhane III and Mark E. Condon, both of Condon, Cook & Roche, of Chicago, for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE JIGANTI delivered the opinion of the court:

While the plaintiff Richard Nichols was riding his minibike through the intersection of Bucky Lane and 85th Street in Willow Springs, Illinois, he was struck and injured by a car driven by the defendant, Donna Sacks. Sacks' visibility of Nichols was allegedly impaired by five-foot-tall weeds and foliage that were growing on a vacant lot located at the intersection. The lot was owned by...

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