BILYK v. CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY

No. 65735.

125 Ill.2d 230 (1988)

531 N.E.2d 1

BOGDAN BILYK, Appellee, v. THE CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied December 5, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joyce A. Hughes, of Chicago (William G. Clark, Jr., and Ilene Davidson Johnson, of William G. Clark, Jr. & Associates, Ltd., of counsel), for appellant.

Robert B. Morton, of Chicago, for appellee.

Julian C. D'Esposito, Jr., Robert T. Isham, Jr., and Clyde M. Hettrick, of Isham, Lincoln & Beale, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Regional Transportation Authority.


Judgment reversed.

JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) brings this direct appeal under Supreme Court Rule 302(a) (107 Ill.2d R. 302(a)) from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County which held section 27 of the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 111 2/3, par. 327) unconstitutional. The section immunizes the CTA from tort liability...

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