EDWARDSVILLE — A man is suing apartment building owner Russell Smith and his companies, Bossanova of Alton Inc. and Olive Oil Marketplace Inc., alleging negligence in connection with a terrace collapse.
Tyler Green filed a complaint on Oct. 7 in Madison County Circuit Court against the defendants, alleging that they failed to exercise due care for the safety of their tenants.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges that on Sept. 18, he was lawfully standing on the terrace of an apartment owned and operated by the defendants when the terrace collapsed, causing him to fall multiple stories below. As a result, he sustained life-threatening physical and neurological injuries that made him liable for large medical expenses. The plaintiff holds the defendants responsible because they allegedly negligently operated an apartment that had an unsafe terrace and failed to maintain a property free of hazards.
The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks judgment in an amount in excess of $75,000, plus costs. He is represented by Thomas Q. Keefe of Keefe, Keefe & Unsell PC in Belleville.
Madison County Circuit Court case number 16-L-1413