The Law Offices of James M. Freeman, P.C.

This week I got a call from a guy who was injured when he hit a pothole on Chicago Avenue. The pothole was deep, and an obvious hazard to bicyclists who might venture across that stretch of Chicago Avenue. The stretch of Chicago Avenue where the crash occurred was not a marked bike route or bike lane. The cyclist was injured in the fall. He called me wanting to know if there was any recourse against the City for failure to maintain the roadway.

CBF and LIB have been trying to push through a legislative fix for Boub v. Wayne Township. See a detailed discussion of the legislative history of SB 275 at LIB's website or the Illinois General Assembly website. Boub has had different effects on bicyclists in the State of Illinois.

702 N.E.2d 535
183 Ill.2d 520, 234 Ill.Dec. 195

Jon P. BOUB, Appellant,
v.
TOWNSHIP OF WAYNE et al., Appellees.

No. 84246.
Supreme Court of Illinois.
Oct. 22, 1998.

[234 Ill.Dec. 196] [183 Ill.2d 521] Thomas E. Patterson, Hickey, Driscoll, Kurfirst, Patterson & Melia, Chicago, for Jon P. Boub.

Jay S. Judge, Judge, James & Dutton, Ltd., Park Ridge, for Township of Wayne.