CURTIS v. COUNTY OF COOK

Nos. 57472, 57473 cons.

98 Ill.2d 158 (1983)

456 N.E.2d 116

DEBORAH CURTIS et al., Appellees, v. THE COUNTY OF COOK et al. (The County of Cook et al., Appellants).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 21, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney, of Chicago (Jane Clark Casey, Deputy State's Attorney, and Myra J. Brown, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for appellant County of Cook.

William G. Clark, Jr. & Associates, Ltd., and Ronald A. Parizek & Associates, Ltd., of Chicago (Cornelius F. Dore, William G. Clark, Jr., and Ilene Davidson Johnson, of counsel), for appellant Village of Hillside.

Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, of Chicago (Kevin T. Martin and Kay L. Schichtel, of counsel), for appellee.


Appellate court affirmed in part and reversed in part; circuit court affirmed.

JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

In these consolidated personal injury lawsuits brought in the circuit court of Cook County, plaintiffs Deborah Curtis, a minor bringing suit by Donald Curtis, her father and next friend, Donald Curtis, individually, and Lynn Carol Curtis, Deborah's mother, seek damages from defendants, the County of Cook, the village of Westchester...

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