Jackson v. Urban Investment Property Services

PRESIDING JUSTICE McNULTY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Dawn Jackson sued Urban Investment Property Services (Urban) and Designed Equipment Corporation (Designed) in negligence to recover for injuries she sustained when part of a scaffolding Urban leased from Designed fell on plaintiff outside of Urban’s property. Defendants moved for summary judgment, arguing that the fire fighter’s rule (sometimes called the inherent risk principle) barred plaintiff from recovering for her injuries because she was injured while performing her duties as a public officer. The trial court granted…