BROOKS v. CITY OF PEORIA

No. 3-98-0505.

712 N.E.2d 387 (1999)

305 Ill. App.3d 806

238 Ill.Dec. 665

Dennis BROOKS, individually, and as parent and next friend of Blake Brooks, a minor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF PEORIA, a municipal corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

June 15, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph D. Davis (argued), Janssen Law Center, Peoria, for Dennis Brooks.

Clifton J. Mitchell (argued), Peoria, for City of Peoria.


Justice SLATER delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Blake Brooks, through his father and next friend Dennis Brooks, sought recovery for injuries he sustained when he fell off his bicycle while riding upon a residential sidewalk in the City of Peoria, Illinois. Plaintiff alleged that the sidewalk had deteriorated at its edges causing plaintiff to slip and fall into an adjacent concrete drainage ditch. Defendant...

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