PHILLIPS v. CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY

No. 54481.

89 Ill.2d 122 (1982)

431 N.E.2d 1038

ELIZA PHILLIPS, Adm'r, Appellee, v. THE CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed February 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal is from a negligence action brought in the circuit court of Cook County for the wrongful death and personal injuries of plaintiff's decedent, a resident of a housing project operated by the defendant, the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA). The circuit court struck the complaint for failure to state a cause of action and also three successive amended complaints. Upon striking the...

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