MICHIGAN AVE. NAT. BANK v. COUNTY OF COOK

No. 88286.

732 N.E.2d 528 (2000)

191 Ill.2d 493

247 Ill.Dec. 473

MICHIGAN AVENUE NATIONAL BANK, As Special Adm'r of the Estate of Cynthia Collins, Deceased, Appellant, v. THE COUNTY OF COOK et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

June 15, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey M. Goldberg and Michael V. Marsh, of Jeffrey M. Goldberg & Associates, Ltd., of Chicago, for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Patrick T. Driscoll, Thomas M. Burnham, Jason B. Garvis and Marcie Thorp, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Appellees.

Joel H. Greenburg and Mark Szaflarski, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.


Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

At issue in this appeal is whether defendants, a local public entity and its employees, are immune from liability under sections 6-105 and 6-106 of the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act (Tort Immunity Act) (745 ILCS 10/1-101 et seq. (West 1992)). Plaintiff, Michigan Avenue National Bank, as special administrator of the estate of decedent Cynthia Collins, filed in the circuit...

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