Brown v. K.J.S. Co.

Plaintiff, Dorothy Brown, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Lake County dismissing her second amended complaint against defendants, K.J.S. Company and Joseph and Eleih Serafine, in her negligence action seeking recovery for injuries allegedly sustained when she slipped and fell on wet, icy stairs outside an apartment leased to her by defendants.

The only issue raised on appeal is whether the circuit court erred in finding that the complaint failed to establish a duty owed to plaintiff, either under the terms of the lease or by prior conduct of defendants, and therefore did not…