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SHEFFER v. SPRINGFIELD AIRPORT AUTHORITY

No. 4-93-0628.

632 N.E.2d 1069 (1994)

261 Ill. App.3d 151

198 Ill.Dec. 458

Martha SHEFFER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SPRINGFIELD AIRPORT AUTHORITY, a municipal corporation, d/b/a Springfield Capital Airport, American Airlines, Inc., Defendant (Simmons Airlines, Inc., d/b/a American Eagle, Defendant-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Decided April 13, 1994.

Rehearing Denied May 20, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen L. Kendall (argued), Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, IL, Frederick P. Velde, Daniel R. Simmons, Heyl, Roster, Voelker & Allen, Springfield, IL, for appellant.

Robert K. Scott (argued), Vasyl J. Markus, Jr., Bixby, Lechner & Potratz, P.C., Richard J. Briski, Briski & Alfieri, Chicago, IL, for appellee.

Justice COOK delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Simmons Airlines, Inc., d/b/a American Eagle, appeals from a jury verdict finding Simmons liable for plaintiff Martha Sheffer's injuries, incurred when Sheffer alighted from a Simmons aircraft and slipped and fell on a patch of ice on her way to the airport terminal. We reverse and remand.

On February 20, 1988, plaintiff flew from Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Chicago and then to Springfield, where she was...

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