DOUGLAS v. BOARD OF EDUCATION

No. 83-1654.

127 Ill. App.3d 79 (1984)

468 N.E.2d 473

ERICA DOUGLAS, a Minor, by Linda Kelly, her Mother and Next Friend, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed August 24, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kralovec, Marquard, Doyle & Gibbons, of Chicago (Nancy Jo Arnold, of counsel), for appellant.

David S. Pochis, Ltd. & Alan D. Katz, Ltd., of Chicago (Alan D. Katz, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the court:

Minor plaintiff, Erica Douglas, by her mother, brought suit to recover damages for personal injuries which she sustained on March 22, 1979, when struck by a window pane in a mobile school unit owned and operated by defendant, the board of education of the city of Chicago. By plaintiff's election, the case proceeded to trial on a theory of res ipsa loquitur. After hearing evidence...

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