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BUFORD v. CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY

No. 83-1914.

131 Ill. App.3d 235 (1985)

476 N.E.2d 427

DEMETICA BUFORD, a Minor, by her Mother and Next Friend, Annie Buford, Plaintiff-Appellee and Appellant, v. THE CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY, Defendant-Appellee (Otis Elevator Company, Defendant-Appellant).

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

Opinion filed February 11, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary S. Hokin, of Hokin & Melber, of Chicago (Sidney Z. Karasik, of counsel), for Demetica Buford.

McKenna, Storer, Rowe, White & Farrug, of Chicago (Robert S. Soderstrom, Charles P. Menges, James P. DeNardo, and Andrew Fylypovych, of counsel), for appellant Otis Elevator Company.

Orner, Wasserman & Moore, Ltd., of Chicago (Norton Wasserman and Esther Joy Schwartz, of counsel), for appellee Chicago Housing Authority.

Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

JUSTICE HARTMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

A jury found defendants Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) and Otis Elevator Company (Otis) liable in negligence for injuries sustained by plaintiff when she fell into an elevator shaft on CHA's property. The circuit court entered judgment on the verdict against Otis, granted CHA's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and set aside the jury's answer to a special...

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