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PHILLIPS v. CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY

No. 79-1898.

91 Ill. App.3d 544 (1980)

414 N.E.2d 1133

ELIZA PHILLIPS, Adm'r of the Estate of Debra Phillips, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed December 4, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Epton, Mullin, Segal & Druth, Ltd., of Chicago (Abraham W. Brussell, Edward J. McCambridge, and Mary F. Stafford, of counsel), for appellant.

Orner, Wasserman & Moore, of Chicago (Norton Wasserman and H. Elisabeth Huber, of counsel), for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE ROMITI delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff's decedent, an inhabitant of a Chicago Housing Authority property, was abducted, taken to a vacant floor in the building, raped and murdered. The plaintiff sued, contending that the Housing Authority was negligent in not properly sealing off the floor. The trial court dismissed the complaint with prejudice concluding...

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