Plotkin v. Winkler

Mr. Presiding Justice Friend

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff, a minor, was injured as the result of a fall through an inadequately protected air shaft extending downward four stories from the flat gravel roof of a large apartment building where she resided with her parents. She brought suit by her next friend to recover damages against the Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company and Joseph and Jack Winkler, individually and doing business as Joseph Winkler. & Company, who had leased the building from the bank and were operating the property when the accident occurred.…