Heupel v. Jenkins

This cause of action arises from a September 7, 2000, accident involving two cars and a pedestrian. Plaintiff, Katherine Heupel, was walking southbound on the sidewalk on Woodlawn Avenue nearing the intersection of Woodlawn Avenue and 55th Street in Chicago, Illinois. Defendant, Jorie Lynn Jenkins, was driving westbound on 55th Street. The driver of a second vehicle, Nivethitha Murugeson, was traveling eastbound on 55th Street. At the intersection of 55th Street and Woodlawn Avenue, Murugeson stopped in the left-turn lane and waited for traffic to clear. Meanwhile, Jenkins also approached the…