Bonder v. Commonwealth Edison Co.

Plaintiff Christopher Bonder, by his mother and next friend, Carolyn Bonder Sotos, brought this action against defendants Commonwealth Edison Company and Richard and Jean Delhey for injuries he sustained when he pulled a companion away from Edison’s power line while climbing a tree on the Delhey’s property. The circuit court of Cook County granted defendants’ motions for summary judgment as to plaintiff’s two negligence counts against them. A third count against Edison, based on a theory of absolute liability, was dismissed and no appeal has been taken from that order.

We affirm, finding as a…