An Illinois Appellate Court ruled in favor of a Village in a
bike injury case in Johnson
v. Village of Palatine.
In
June 2020, a cyclist was riding his bicycle on a sidewalk adjacent to a
high-traffic street. While riding his bike, the cyclist struck an uneven
section of the sidewalk, and fell and was injured. He sued the Village,
claiming the Village owed him a duty of care to maintain or repair the sidewalk,
which he claimed the Village negligently failed to do, leaving it dangerous and
unsafe for use.
The Village asserted the following defenses against the
lawsuit: