Arvidson v. City of Elmhurst

This cause is heard on plaintiff Irene Arvidson’s petition for leave to appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Court reversing without remanding a judgment of the circuit court of Du Page County, entered on a jury verdict awarding plaintiff damages in the amount of $9000 for personal injuries sustained when plaintiff fell on an allegely defective sidewalk maintained by the defendant city of Elmhurst.

The sole issue is whether the Appellate Court, erred in entering judgment notwithstanding the verdict on the ground that defendant was not negligent as a matter of law.

The operative facts are not…