Burke v. Grillo

Plaintiff, Nellie M. Burke, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Kane County which granted the motions for summary judgment filed by defendants, the City of Elgin (City) and Nick Grillo. Plaintiff has raised three issues on appeal: (1) whether Grillo, plaintiff’s landlord, owed a duty to plaintiff to maintain in a reasonably safe condition the area where she fell; (2) whether the City owed plaintiff a duty to maintain in a reasonably safe condition the area where she fell; and (3) whether the City had constructive notice of the defective condition on the property so that it was not…