Smolek v. K. W. Landscaping

Plaintiff Dorothy Smolek’s personal injury action against defendants, the Oilman Town Homeowners’ Association (Association) and K.W. Landscaping (K.W.), arose from injuries she sustained after stepping into a hole on the Association’s property. Dorothy’s husband, plaintiff Louis Smolek, commenced an action against defendants for loss of consortium. At the close of plaintiffs’ case, the circuit court of Du Page County granted defendants’ motions for directed verdicts. On appeal, plaintiffs argue that they presented evidence sufficient to allow the jury to conclude that the Association had…