CLAUDY v. CITY OF SYCAMORE

No. 87-877.

170 Ill. App.3d 990 (1988)

524 N.E.2d 994

BARBARA CLAUDY, Indiv. and as Adm'x of the Estate of Keith Claudy, Deceased, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. THE CITY OF SYCAMORE, Defendant-Appellee (Commonwealth Edison Corporation, Defendant).

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed May 17, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard R. Nevoral, of Bernard R. Nevoral & Associates, Ltd., and Steven B. Belgrade and Thomas J. Murphy, both of Andich & Belgrade, both of Chicago, for appellants.

Pretzel & Stouffer, Chartered, of Chicago (Robert Marc Chemers, of counsel), for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE SCARIANO delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff appeals the trial court's order granting summary judgment in favor of defendant City of Sycamore, arguing that questions of fact exist for a jury to decide. We reverse and remand this cause for trial.

Plaintiff's decedent, Keith Claudy, an employee of AAA Tree Service, was electrocuted when he came into contact with electrical power lines while cutting down a tree...

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