Brown v. Cook County Forest Preserve

PRESIDING JUSTICE ZWICK

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a grant of summary judgment (735 ILCS 5/2 — 1005 (West 1994)) in favor of the defendant, Cook County Forest Preserve (Forest Preserve), and against the plaintiff, Oscar Brown. Brown allegedly sustained injuries on June 20, 1986, after falling from his bicycle while riding on a bicycle path in Saulk Trail Woods Forest Preserve. The Forest Preserve is a municipal corporation which is a division of Cook County.

In his two-count complaint, Brown alleged that his head hit a guardrail after the front wheel of his…