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RUFFINO v. HINZE

No. 1-87-3424.

181 Ill. App.3d 827 (1989)

537 N.E.2d 871

GERALD RUFFINO, Indiv. and as Adm'r of the Estate of Anthony Paul Ruffino, Deceased Minor, et al., Plaintiffs, v. RICHARD HINZE et al., Defendants (Chicago Park District, Defendant and Counterplaintiff-Appellant; Richard Hinze, Defendant and Counterdefendant-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed March 29, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glessler, Flynn, Laswell, Fleischmann, Hughes & Socol, Ltd., of Chicago (Terence E. Flynn and William P. Jones, of counsel), for appellant.

Victor J. Piekarski and Ellen B. Dorf, both of Querrey & Harrow, Ltd., of Chicago, for appellee.

Harvey L. Walner & Associates, Ltd., of Chicago (Andrea Mayster Levin, of counsel), for amicus curiae.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court:

On September 9, 1985, three-year-old Anthony Ruffino drowned after a car owned by Richard Hinze, his maternal grandfather, rolled into Lake Michigan from the Chicago Park District's Montrose Harbor sailboat storage area. Anthony's parents, Gerald and Pamela Ruffino, filed suit against the Chicago Park District (District) and Richard Hinze, alleging that their negligence was the cause of Anthony...

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