Evans v. United Bank of Illinois, N.A.

Plaintiff, Doris J. Evans, appeals from an order of the circuit court which denied her motion to reconsider the entry of summary judgment in favor of defendant, Barb Atwood. Plaintiff raises on appeal two issues: whether there is a question of material fact regarding whether a landlord is absolved of a duty to a third party who slipped on an unnatural accumulation of snow and ice when the leases provided that the lessees had the duty to remove snow and ice; and whether the trial court erred in denying plaintiff leave to amend her complaint following the entry of summary judgment in favor of…