Lipper v. City of Chicago

Plaintiff, William Lipper, appeals from an order granting summary judgment in favor of defendant, the City of Chicago (City), in a negligence action alleging that the City failed to maintain its sidewalks in a reasonably safe manner. On appeal, plaintiff contends that the City owed him a duty of care as an adult bicycling on a City sidewalk. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Plaintiff testified in a deposition that his injuries occurred as follows. On June 12, 1987, at approximately 6 p.m., plaintiff left his apartment at the corner of Pine Grove Avenue and…