Ow do you open a stuck lift gate on a 1998 dodge durango?

I had this happen because my kid slammed a nylon belt in the latch - my fix was to go to a local junk yard and get the plastic trim from a totaled durango that matched mine (about $40) I then cut the plastic from the inside, so that I could get to the latch assembly, and pried it open with a screw driver. (the handle just did not have the umph to open it because of the jam) the same may work for you.