Johnson v. Bishop

PRESIDING JUSTICE O’BRIEN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following his injury in a vehicle collision, plaintiff Todd Johnson brought a suit sounding in negligence against defendants Robert Sonnemaker and David McLeod in which Johnson alleged the defendants were negligent in failing to prevent defendant Thomas Bishop, the driver of the other vehicle involved in the collision, from gaining access to the keys of the vehicle, which belonged to Sonnemaker. Sonnemaker and McLeod filed a motion to dismiss the counts against them under section 2 — 619 of the Code of Civil Procedure (the Code) (735…