Best v. Services for Cooperative & Condominium Communities

Plaintiff appeals from the entry of summary judgment by the trial court in a case involving injuries to plaintiff’s son sustained in a fall through an opened screened window. Plaintiff maintained this action against a management company under contract with the owner of the apartment building to provide services for management, operation, maintenance and repair of the property.

We affirm the order entering summary judgment against plaintiff, finding that the Illinois Supreme Court decision in Lamkin v. Towner (1990), 138 Ill. 2d 510, 563 N.E.2d 449, is dispositive of the issues of liability…