FITZPATRICK v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 61675.

112 Ill.2d 211 (1986)

492 N.E.2d 1292

GEORGE FITZPATRICK, Appellant, v. THE CITY OF CHICAGO et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied June 2, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ambrose & Cushing, P.C., of Chicago (John C. Ambrose and Richard A. Michael, of counsel), for appellant.

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


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

JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, George Fitzpatrick, brought suit in the circuit court of Cook County against defendants, the city of Chicago (the city) and Officer Theodore Ptak (Ptak), to recover for injuries he sustained when an automobile driven by Isaias Marin collided with Ptak's squad car. Defendants raised as an affirmative defense...

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