Niemann v. Vermilion County Housing Authority

Plaintiff brought a second amended complaint seeking to recover from the Vermilion County Housing Authority damages alleged to have been incurred as a result of defendant’s negligence in failing to maintain the common areas of a housing project under its control. Defendant’s motion to strike and dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action was granted and judgment against the plaintiff was entered on February 9,1981.

Since judgment was entered on the pleadings, the well-pleaded facts alleged in plaintiff’s complaint must be taken as true and will be recited as the facts of the…