SMILGIS v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 80-1121.

97 Ill. App.3d 1127 (1981)

423 N.E.2d 1288

VITO SMILGIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THE CITY OF CHICAGO, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Opinion filed June 30, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley Garber, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago (Robert R. Retke and Mary K. Rochford, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), for appellant.

Val J. Bylaitis, of Val J. Bylaitis & Assoc., Ltd., of Chicago, for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE HARTMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Vito Smilgis brought this action to recover damages against defendants Chicago Transit Authority (hereinafter CTA); its bus driver, Luther McClellan; the city of Chicago (hereinafter defendant); and Delfino Bustos, a Chicago police officer.1 Plaintiff was injured when struck by an unmarked Chicago police car as he crossed the street...

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