Rivas v. Westfield Homes of Illinois, Inc.

The plaintiffs, Gil Rivas and Jo Ann Rivas, filed a complaint against the defendant Westfield Homes of Illinois, Inc. (Westfield), alleging that Westfield breached a duty of reasonable care that proximately caused an injury to Mr. Rivas’s ankle. The trial court determined as a matter of law that Westfield did not owe the plaintiffs a duty of care. Accordingly, it granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment, from which the plaintiffs now appeal. We affirm.

The record shows that the plaintiffs entered into a contract with Westfield for the construction of a new home in Gurnee, Illinois.…