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HUGGINS v. VILLAGE OF BISHOP HILL

No. 3-97-0044.

690 N.E.2d 656 (1998)

294 Ill. App.3d 466

228 Ill.Dec. 897

Linnea HUGGINS, Plaintiff-Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. The VILLAGE OF BISHOP HILL, an Illinois Municipal Corporation, Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee (Ann Marie Stodgel d/b/a Antik Affar and Martin Stodgel, Defendants and Cross-Appellees).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

January 28, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Woollums, Peter J. Thill, Betty, Neuman & McMahon, Davenport, IA, for the Village of Bishop Hill.

Don J. McRae, Eugene L. Stockton, Sharon Pearse Waugh, Don J. McRae & Associates, Kewanee, for Linnea Huggins.

William Bush, Carlin, Hellstrom & Bittner, Davenport, IA, for Ann Marie Stodgel and Martin Stodgel.

Justice SLATER delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Linnea Huggins was injured when she fell down a gravel-covered slope located outside of a business owned by defendants Ann Marie and Martin Stodgel. In addition to the Stodgels, plaintiff sued defendant Village of Bishop Hill, the purported owner of the sloped area. The jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff and against Bishop Hill in the amount of $47,000. The jury also found that the amount of plaintiff...

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