Wojdyla v. City of Park Ridge

PRESIDING JUSTICE RAKOWSKI

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff-appellant Evelyn Wojdyla, individually and as administratix of the estate of Eugene Wojdyla, brought a nine-count complaint against defendants-appellees, City of Park Ridge (City) and Commonwealth Edison, alleging various theories of negligence. The trial court granted defendants’ motions for summary judgment. The issue is whether the City owed plaintiff’s decedent a duty to adequately light the area where the decedent crossed Busse Highway, pursuant to either the common law, the Local Governmental and Governmental…