Gleason v. City of Chicago

Plaintiff, Mamie Gleason, appeals from an order granting summary judgment in favor of defendant, City of Chicago (the City), in an action alleging that the City had been negligent in maintaining its sidewalks, causing plaintiff to fall and to incur personal injury. On appeal, plaintiff contends that the trial court erred in determining, as a matter of law, that the alleged sidewalk defect was too slight to be actionable. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The pleadings set forth the following information. On September 15, 1986, approximately 3 p.m., plaintiff…