Strutz v. Vicere

Plaintiff, Henriette Strutz, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County granting summary judgment to defendants, Christopher and Christine Vicere, in this negligence and wrongful death action for injuries Russell Strutz sustained in a slip and fall on defendants’ staircase. On appeal, plaintiff claims that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment because the evidence created jury questions as to whether the defects in the staircase were a proximate cause of the fall resulting in Russell’s death. We affirm.

On March 6, 2005, Russell Strutz sustained injuries when he…