Bernal v. City of Hoopeston

30 September 1999

NO. 4-98-1015

IN THE APPELLATE COURT

OF ILLINOIS

FOURTH DISTRICT

IRENE BERNAL, ) Appeal from

Plaintiff-Appellant, ) Circuit Court of

v. ) Vermilion County

THE CITY OF HOOPESTON, ) No. 97L79

Defendant-Appellee. )) Honorable) Thomas J. Fahey,) Judge Presiding.

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PRESIDING JUSTICE KNECHT delivered the opinion of the court:

In February 1998, plaintiff, Irene Bernal, filed a fourth-amended complaint against defendant, City of Hoopeston (City), after fall­ing into a water meter pit and in­jur­ing her leg, knee, hip, and back. In…