Smith v. Rengel

This is an action in negligence for personal injuries in which the circuit court of McLean County allowed a motion for summary judgment in favor of the defendant and against the plaintiff. We reverse.

Defendant is a landowner of an apartment house containing three apartments. One of these was rented to Lynn Gose. Plaintiff had been paying court to Ms. Gose prior to the time of the injury which is the subject of this lawsuit. On December 31,1977, at the request of Ms. Gose, plaintiff arrived at her apartment for the purpose of removing a refrigerator which had been left there by a prior…