Gaston v. City of Danville

912 N.E.2d 771 (2009)

Charles GASTON, Jr., as Special Administrator of the Estate of Charles Christopher Gaston, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

The CITY OF DANVILLE, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant-Appellee, and

McClintock Civil Engineering Service and Schomburg and Schomburg Construction, Inc., General Contractors, Defendants.

No. 4-08-0803.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

July 17, 2009.

On April 4, 2006, decedent, Charles Christopher Gaston, age 17, was killed while descending a public parking garage stairwell when a stair stringer collapsed and, as a consequence, a staircase…