Seeger v. Canale

Plaintiff, Juanita Seeger, appeals the order of the circuit court granting summary judgment in favor of defendant Robert Seeger in plaintiff’s action for personal injuries. On appeal, plaintiff contends that the court erred in holding that defendant’s negligence should be imputed to her.

Plaintiff and defendant are husband and wife. On the night of December 6, 1987, they were returning from a church function in Round Lake to their home in Crystal Lake. Defendant was driving the car, of which the parties were co-owners, westbound on Rollins Road. Defendant was aware that the road’s surface was…