HAVENS v. HARRIS TOWNSHIP

No. 3-88-0136.

175 Ill. App.3d 768 (1988)

530 N.E.2d 284

JOSEPH L. HAVENS, a Minor by Linda Havens, his Mother and Next Friend, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HARRIS TOWNSHIP et al., Defendants-Appellees (Lorrie Dilts, d/b/a Marietta Tap, et al., Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed October 24, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Elson, Chartered, of Canton (James J. Elson, of counsel), for appellants.

Quinn, Johnston, Henderson & Pretorius, Chartered, of Peoria (Bradley W. Dunham, of counsel), for appellees.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal involves a collision between the plaintiff's minibike and a Ford truck driven by 27-year-old James Jones. The 11-year-old plaintiff, Joseph Havens, sustained serious injuries to his left leg and arm. The collision occurred on a narrow, twisting, rural, gravel road in Harris Township, a township of Fulton County, Illinois. The...

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