Kittle v. Liss

PRESIDING JUSTICE BARRY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Katherine Kittle was injured when she slipped on a small patch of ice near the top of a stairway and fell down the five steps at the main entrance of the Slim and Chips Tap in La Salle, Illinois, at about 2:15 a.m. on January 12, 1979. She filed" suit against the owner of the tavern, Marion Liss, and after summary judgment was entered for the defendant Liss, she perfected this appeal.

In addition to the pleadings, the trial court had before it the evidence depositions of both plaintiff and defendant. It is from those depositions that…