Swope v. Northern Illinois Gas Co.

Plaintiff Deanna Swope was severely injured when the vehicle in which she was riding went into a ditch and struck an embankment. Plaintiff filed a complaint against the Illinois Department of Transportation (the Department) and Northern Illinois Gas Company (Northern), which had constructed the embankment as part of an access road. The claim against the Department was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction and is not at issue here. The trial court granted defendant Northern’s motion for summary judgment and plaintiff appeals. We affirm.

On October 14, 1989, plaintiff was a passenger in a pickup…