GABRIEL v. CITY OF EDWARDSVILLE

No. 5-91-0402.

604 N.E.2d 565 (1992)

237 Ill. App.3d 649

178 Ill.Dec. 309

Mary GABRIEL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF EDWARDSVILLE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

December 4, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Wilson, Alexander M. Wilson, Evans & Dixon, Edwardsville, for defendant-appellant.

Sharon A. Knapp, Carr Korein Kunin Tillery Montroy Glass & Bogard, Belleville, for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice HENRY LEWIS delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Mary Gabriel, brought this action against defendant, City of Edwardsville, to recover injuries she sustained when she walked into the street about five or six steps and tripped over a water-main cover while on her way to her son's house. Plaintiff was not walking within a crosswalk when she fell. Plaintiff contends that defendant had a duty to maintain the street and that its failure to repair the...

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