Pageloff v. Gaumer

PRESIDING JUSTICE SCHMIDT

delivered the opinion of the court:

While camping at defendants’ campground, plaintiff, Kelly Pageloff, stepped on a walnut and fell. Plaintiffs filed a common law negligence and loss of consortium action against defendants, Maxine Gaumer and Ruffit Park (hereinafter, collectively Gaumer). The circuit court of Whiteside County granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment. Plaintiffs appeal.

BACKGROUND

Like many Americans, plaintiffs apparently enjoy getting away from their home and camping in the great outdoors. They own their own camper. During Labor Day weekend…