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BERNESAK v. CATHOLIC BISHOP OF CHICAGO

No. 79-1517.

87 Ill. App.3d 681 (1980)

409 N.E.2d 287

ANITA BERNESAK, Plaintiff-Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. CATHOLIC BISHOP OF CHICAGO, Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Supplemental opinion filed on denial of rehearing September 23, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dowd, Dowd and Dowd, Ltd., of Chicago (Michael E. Dowd and Philip J. McGuire, of counsel), for appellant.

Fohrman, Lurie, Sklar & Cottle, Ltd., of Chicago (James L. Pittman, of counsel), for appellee.

Affirmed in part, and reversed in part and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE HARTMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Anita Bernasek, an eighth-grade pupil at Our Lady of Charity School in Cicero, sustained serious and permanent personal injuries as she and 15 or 20 of her classmates played a game identified as "crack-the-whip" in the school playground. She brought an action against defendant Catholic Bishop of Chicago, a corporation sole and, following a...

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