WATERS v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 1-10-0759.

966 N.E.2d 560 (2012)

359 Ill. Dec. 239

Norma WATERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CITY OF CHICAGO, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

Rehearing Denied April 9, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis Patrick Murphy , Corboy & Demetrio, P.C., Chicago, for appellant.

Mara S. Georges , Corporation Counsel, Chicago ( Benna Ruth Solomon , Myriam Zreczny Kasper , and J. Mark Powell , Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), for appellee.


OPINION

Presiding Justice R. GORDON delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Plaintiff Norma Waters appeals from the circuit court's grant of summary judgment to defendant City of Chicago (City) in her personal injury suit charging the City with negligence in maintaining a street barricade over a sidewalk. The plaintiff was injured when she tripped over the metal base of a street barricade upon being startled by the sudden noise of a jackhammer...

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