Shufelt v. City of Rockford

Plaintiff, Dorothy Shufelt, filed suit in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County against the city of Rockford and David L. Klontz, John F. Long, and Roger L. Anderson, the individual owners of a funeral home, to recover damages for injuries she sustained in a fall on an allegedly defective public sidewalk. Plaintiff’s complaint was in three counts. Count I, directed solely at the city of Rockford, was based on ordinary negligence. This count is not involved in this appeal. Count II, directed solely at the individual defendants, was based upon an alleged violation of section 26 — 18 of the…