GUTSTEIN v. City of Evanston

JUSTICE ROBERT E. GORDON

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Elizabeth Gutstein filed suit in the circuit court of Cook County against the municipal defendant, the City of Evanston (City), alleging that she fell and suffered injuries to her elbow resulting from the municipality’s negligent maintenance of an unimproved alley in back of plaintiffs home. A jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff in the amount of $201,829.00, less a 50% deduction for contributory negligence, and the trial court entered judgment on that verdict. The City appeals the trial court’s denial of its timely…