McCOTTRELL v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 84-2149.

135 Ill. App.3d 517 (1985)

481 N.E.2d 1058

BESSIE McCOTTRELL et al., Co-Administrators of the Estate of Jessie McCottrell, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. THE CITY OF CHICAGO et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (1st Division).

Opinion filed July 29, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lane & Munday, of Chicago (Fred Lane, Thomas J. Nathan, and Carla Lombardo, of counsel), for appellants.

James D. Montgomery, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago (Philip L. Bronstein and Mary K. Rochford, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), for appellees.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal involves the question of whether the city of Chicago, a municipal corporation, can be held liable for the wilful and wanton acts of its employees committed within the scope of their employment when the individual employees were not named defendants in plaintiffs' cause of action. We find that it can be, and reverse the order of the trial court dismissing plaintiffs' cause...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases