Gleason v. Village of Peoria Heights

Plaintiff Edward Gleason brought an action to recover for injuries received in a diving accident which resulted in quadriplegia. The circuit court of Peoria County entered summary judgment in favor of the defendant, the Village of Peoria Heights, as to two counts of the amended complaint.

The record on appeal indicates that plaintiff and friends had been watching boat races from the beach and dock on the premises of Barnacle Billy’s Beach Club, a tavern located in Peoria Heights, Illinois, for several hours when plaintiff dived off the dock into the Illinois River on June 11, 1983. The water…