Palomar v. Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago

Plaintiff, Jesse Palomar, Jr., filed a complaint against defendant, the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago, for damages for personal injuries that he suffered in an accident which occurred on June 24, 1987, upon defendant’s premises. On November 7, 1989, defendant filed a motion for summary judgment. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 110, par. 2—1005.) On April 4, 1990, the trial court granted summary judgment in favor of defendant. Plaintiff filed a notice of appeal on April 17,1990.

Plaintiff makes the following allegations on appeal: (1) that sections 5(a) and 1(a) of the Workers’…