EDWARDSVILLE — A woman claims she tripped on a piece of rebar from a concrete parking bumper at the Secretary of State's Office in East Alton and suffered injuries.
Diana Tinnon filed a complaint Jan. 21 in the Madison County Circuit Court against St. Louis Regional Airport, alleging negligence.
According to her complaint, Tinnon was attempting to renew her license at the Secretary of State's Office located on Terminal Drive in East Alton, a property leased by the defendant. She alleges that after parking her car in the parking lot and walking towards the office building, her foot became caught on an "exposed rebar on a broken concrete parking bumper." Tinnon claims she fell and hit the ground and landed on her knee and wrist.
As a result, Tinnon claims she suffered a torn meniscus in her knee, a iliotibial band herniation" in her leg, a knee and ankle strain and a wrist strain that required surgery.
Tinnon claims the defendant was negligent in failing to repair the broken concrete parking bumper and rebar and failed to inspect the parking lot or warn the public using the parking lot of the defective condition.
Tinnon seeks monetary relief of more than $50,000 and all other proper relief. She is represented by Christopher Hunter of Hunter & Johnson PC in Alton.
Madison County Circuit Court case number 21-L-000083