O'NEIL v. Krupp

Plaintiff, Daniel O’Neil, appeals the dismissal of four counts of his amended complaint which alleged that defendants Jerry and Barbara Schultz breached their statutory duty of care to plaintiff’s decedent by violating two city ordinances. We reverse and remand.

On August 7, 1989, plaintiff’s 14-year-old son, James O’Neil, was riding his bike through the intersection of 15th Street and Gilman Avenue in Mendota, Illinois, when he was struck and killed by a car driven by codefendant Irene Krupp. Krupp’s vision was allegedly impaired by a line of shrubs and foliage growing on a corner lot at the…