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LOUGHNANE v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 1-88-1628.

188 Ill. App.3d 1078 (1989)

545 N.E.2d 150

LAUREL LOUGHNANE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THE CITY OF CHICAGO, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Rehearing denied October 27, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judson H. Miner, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago (Ruth M. Moscovitch, Jeffrey P. Smith, and Mardell Nereim, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), for appellant.

Fishman, Fishman & Saltzberg and William J. Harte, Ltd., both of Chicago (William J. Harte, Stephen L. Garcia, and Michael F. Maloney, of counsel), for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

PRESIDING JUSTICE FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Laurel Loughnane, sued defendant, the City of Chicago, for a broken ankle sustained when she fell on a sidewalk at 610 South Michigan Avenue. At the close of plaintiff's case in chief, the trial court directed a verdict against defendant on the issue of liability. After trial, a jury returned a verdict for plaintiff in the amount of $158,996, which it reduced to...

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