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MERRILL v. CATHOLIC BISHOP OF CHICAGO

No. 71-266.

8 Ill. App.3d 910 (1972)

290 N.E.2d 259

RAYMOND MERRILL, a Minor, by MARY MERRILL, his Mother and Next Friend, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CATHOLIC BISHOP OF CHICAGO et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

December 11, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Finn, Geiger & Rafferty, and Lawrence J. Petroshius, both of Waukegan, for appellant.

Dowd, Dowd & Dowd, of Chicago, and Diver, Ridge, Brydges & Bollman, of Waukegan, both for appellees.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE ABRAHAMSON delivered the opinion of the court:

The sole question presented in this appeal is whether a non-profit private school and its staff are liable for personal injuries suffered at the school by a student due to ordinary negligence.

The complaint charged that in March 1968 Raymond Merrill, 12 years old and a 7th grade student at a parochial school in Wadsworth, Illinois, was sent by his teacher to a room to cut...

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