FILLPOT v. MIDWAY AIRLINES, INC.

No. 4-93-0925.

633 N.E.2d 237 (1994)

261 Ill. App.3d 237

198 Ill.Dec. 775

Judith E. FILLPOT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MIDWAY AIRLINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Decided May 5, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul E. Selin (argued), Zimmerly, Gadau, Selin & Otto, Champaign, for plaintiff-appellant.

Karen L. Kendall (argued), Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, James C. Kearns, John D. Flodstrom, Heyl, Royster, Voekler & Allen, Urbana, for defendant-appellee.


Justice STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court:

In February 1991, as plaintiff, Judith E. Fillpot, exited from one of defendant Midway Airlines' airplanes onto the tarmac of Willard Airport in Champaign, Illinois, she slipped and fell on a natural accumulation of ice. Plaintiff sued for personal injuries, alleging that defendant, as a common carrier, owed her the highest degree of care and breached that duty by failing to protect her from or warn her of the...

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