MATTHEWS v. AVALON PETROLEUM CO.

No. 1-05-2606.

871 N.E.2d 859 (2007)

Harold MATTHEWS and Phyllis Matthews, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AVALON PETROLEUM COMPANY, Petroleum Technologies Equipment, Inc., Allied Drywall Materials and Management Corporation; and Allied Drywall Materials and Management Corporation d/b/a Allied Drywall Materials Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

June 29, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anesi, Ozmon, Rodin, Noval & Kohen, LTD., Chicago, (Marc A. Taxman of counsel), for Appellants.

Langhenry, Gillen & Lundquist, Joliet (Anastasia L. Hess and Troy A. Lundquist of counsel), for Appellees.


Justice ROBERT E. GORDON delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a slip and fall case. Plaintiff Harold Matthews, a truck driver, sued defendants to recover for injuries sustained when he tripped and fell over a piece of metal jutting up near a fuel pump. He sued defendant Avalon Petroleum Company (Avalon), the owner of the fuel pump, on a claim of premises liability; he sued defendant Petroleum Technologies Equipment, Inc. (PTE), which Avalon called to repair...

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