B.C. v. J.C. PENNEY CO., INC.

No. 1-88-0453.

562 N.E.2d 533 (1990)

205 Ill. App.3d 5

150 Ill.Dec. 3

B.C. and C.C., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. J.C. PENNEY COMPANY, INC., J.C. Penney Properties, Inc., Maggio Construction Company, Urban Investment and Development Company, River Oaks Center Management Company, Urban/JMB Group II, and Urban Investment & Development Management Company, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Rehearing Denied November 16, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald A. Shapiro, David A. Statham, Donald A. Shapiro, Ltd., Chicago, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Kiesler & Berman, Chicago (Edward L. Cooper, of counsel), for defendant-appellee, Maggio Const. Co.

Keevers and Hittle, Chicago (Dawn A. Himley, of counsel), for defendants-appellees.


Justice SCARIANO delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff B.C. was abducted from the parking lot of the River Oaks Shopping Center in Calumet City and taken to a nearby construction site within the center, where she was beaten and raped. She filed a complaint charging defendants with negligence, after which the trial court granted motions to dismiss filed by defendants-appellees J.C. Penney Company, Inc., J.C. Penney Properties, Inc. (collectively, Penney), and...

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