Richter v. Burton Investment Properties, Inc.

PRESIDING JUSTICE INGLIS

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, James P. Richter, appeals the order of the circuit court which granted summary judgment in favor of defendant, Burton Investment Properties, Inc. The sole issue for review is whether the trial court erred in entering summary judgment for defendant, the landowner, when plaintiff slipped and fell in defendant’s building.

In February 1989, plaintiff, while delivering mail, slipped and fell on water in the eñtryway of a building in the Lorlynn Apartment Complex. Plaintiff filed suit and, inter alia, made the following…