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CROSS v. WELLS FARGO ALARM SERVICES

Nos. 52455, 52530 cons.

82 Ill.2d 313 (1980)

412 N.E.2d 472

WILLIE CROSS et al., Appellants, v. WELLS FARGO ALARM SERVICES et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 26, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Hayes & Associates, Ltd., of Chicago (John D. Hayes and William L. Barr, Jr., of counsel), for appellants Willie and Minnie Cross.

Jacobs, Williams & Montgomery, Ltd., of Chicago (Barry L. Kroll, Donald E. Stellato and David A. Novoselsky, of counsel), for appellant Chicago Housing Authority.

Frank Glazer, Ltd., of Chicago (Frank Glazer, of counsel), for APPELLEE.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

On December 21, 1971, at about 1:15 a.m. plaintiff Willie Cross was severely beaten and injured by several unknown men as he was waiting for an elevator in the lobby of the Governor Henry Horner Housing Project located in Chicago. Cross and his wife filed suit in the circuit court of Cook County against the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA), a municipal corporation which owned and operated...

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