Baker v. City of Granite City

Defendant, City of Granite City, appeals from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Madison County entered on a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff, Mary Baker, in her action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in a fall on a city sidewalk.

On June 1, 1973, plaintiff went to the First National Bank located across the street from city hall at 20th Street and Edison Avenue, a busy intersection in Granite City, to do her banking. When she left the building through the Edison Avenue exit, she caught her heel in one of several cracks in the sidewalk and fell on her hands. When she…