Trucco v. Walgreen Co.

Plaintiffs George Trueco (plaintiff) and Norene Trueco and defendant Walgreens appeal from an order granting summary judgment to defendant Chicago Tribune Company (Tribune) in a negligence action alleging a Tribune driver parked a delivery truck over a portion of Walgreens’ parking lot used as a footpath through snow and ice, thus causing plaintiff to fall on surrounding ice and snow while attempting to walk around the truck.

We affirm the summary judgment.

The issue in this appeal is whether the Tribune agent owed a duty of reasonable care to plaintiff when he parked his delivery truck…