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SWOPE v. NORTHERN ILLINOIS GAS CO.

No. 3-91-0232.

581 N.E.2d 819 (1991)

221 Ill. App.3d 241

163 Ill.Dec. 665

Deanna SWOPE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORTHERN ILLINOIS GAS COMPANY, a Corporation, Defendant Illinois Department of Transportation, a Department of the State of Illinois, a Body Politic and Corporate, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

October 31, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis E. Olivero (argued), Louis E. Olivero & Associates, Peru, for Deanna Swope.

Alison E. O'Hara (argued), Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, for Dept. of Transp.

Murphy, Timm, Lennon, Spesia and Ayers, Joliet, for other parties.

Justice GORMAN delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff, Deanna Swope, was severely injured when the pickup truck in which she was riding swerved to miss a deer and left Illinois Route 251. The truck went into the adjacent ditch, struck an embankment and flipped upside down. The embankment was constructed by Northern Illinois Gas Co. as part of a driveway which intersected the road. Plaintiff filed suit against...

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