Gaston v. City of Danville

On April 4, 2006, decedent, Charles Christopher Gaston, age 17, was killed while descending a public parking garage stairwell when a stair stringer collapsed and, as a consequence, a staircase fell on him from above. On April 11, 2006, plaintiff, decedent’s father Charles Gaston, Jr., filed a complaint alleging negligence and willful and wanton misconduct against defendant, the City of Danville (hereafter city). In October 2006, plaintiff amended his complaint to add McClintock Civil Engineering Service (hereafter McClintock) and Schomburg and Schomburg Construction General Contractors, Inc.…