Legal Opinion
Hess v. Flores
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided March 31, 2011No. 1-08-1653PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rochford
Presiding Justice Hall and Justice Hoffman concurred with the judgment and opinion.
OPINION
Plaintiff, Rebecca Hess, fell from the second-floor, rear staircase of an apartment building located at 2050-2052 W Summerdale Avenue, Chicago (the Summerdale building). Plaintiff fell where a portion of the rear staircase handrail had been removed and marked with yellow caution tape. Prior to her fall, the rear staircases and porches had been the subject of multiple inspections by the city of Chicago (the City) and judicial proceedings relating to building code violations.
Plaintiff brought this action…
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