Bally v. Pora

January 20, 1999

No. 3--97--0965

IN THE

APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS

THIRD DISTRICT

A.D., 1999

RANTZ BALLY, ) Appeal from the Circuit Court) for the 12th Judicial Circuit

Plaintiff-Appellee, ) Will County, Illinois)

v. ) No. 94--L--6297)

AURELIA PORA, ) Honorable) William McMenamin,

Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding

PRESIDING JUSTICE HOMER delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff brought a premises liability action against a homeowner to recover for injuries he sustained when a chimney collapsed on him while he was fighting a fire in the homeowner's residence. The jury returned a verdict in…