# Vaughn v. City of West Frankfort

> Appellate Court of Illinois · March 11, 1994 · 258 Ill. App. 3d 424

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9710190

## Case

- **Full name:** MELBA VAUGHN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE CITY OF WEST FRANKFORT, Defendant-Appellee
- **Court:** Appellate Court of Illinois
- **Decided:** March 11, 1994
- **Citations:** 258 Ill. App. 3d 424; 196 Ill. Dec. 591; 630 N.E.2d 526; 1994 Ill. App. LEXIS 305
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Welch
- **Judges:** Welch, Chapman
- **Cited by:** 4 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

JUSTICE WELCH, dissenting:
I respectfully dissent. While Justice Chapman gives a very poetic argument, it certainly has a chilling effect on local government that must now anticipate and insure against pedestrians walking upon any portion of the roadways of municipalities.
Our supreme court in Curatola v. Village of Niles (1993), 154 Ill. 2d 201 , 608 N.E.2d 882 , imposed a duty upon the municipality to maintain the streets for persons exiting and entering lawfully parked vehicles. I do not believe they extended that duty to every portion of municipalities’ streets. The majority is trying to make new law, a result of which would force municipalities to have to construct roads to sidewalk specifications.

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