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ANTIPOREK v. VILLAGE OF HILLSIDE

No. 62420.

114 Ill.2d 246 (1986)

499 N.E.2d 1307

BARBARA ANTIPOREK, Appellant, v. THE VILLAGE OF HILLSIDE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied December 1, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl F. Schroeder, Ltd., of Wheaton (Ralph R. Hruby, of counsel), for appellant.

Stewart H. Diamond, of Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Murphy & Cope, P.C., of Chicago, for appellee.

Robert J. Glenn, Dennis T. Schoen and Richard B. Rogich, for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.

Thomas W. Kelty, Stanley L. Morris and Brian T. Otwell, of Pfeifer & Kelty, P.C., of Springfield, for amicus curiae Illinois Municipal League.

John E. Guy, of Chicago (Lawrence R. Smith, of counsel), for amicus curiae Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel.

Affirmed and remanded.

JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

Local public entities are granted certain immunities from tort liability by the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act (the Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 85, par. 1-101 et seq.), but such immunities are effectively waived where the public entity is protected by a policy of insurance, issued by an insurance "company," covering an alleged liability (Ill...

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