BARTH v. MASSA

No. 5-88-0185.

201 Ill. App.3d 19 (1990)

558 N.E.2d 528

ROBERT C. BARTH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MAYNARD MASSA et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed July 17, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. LeChien, of Belleville, for appellant Michael Lee Massa.

Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller, of Chicago (D. Kendall Griffith, Robert W. Schmieder, and Robert C. Black, of counsel), for appellants Maynard Massa and Sara Massa.

Cook, Shevlin, Keefe & Ysursa, Ltd., of Belleville (Bruce N. Cook, of counsel), for appellee.


Affirmed in part and reversed in part.

JUSTICE CHAPMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

On October 3, 1981, plaintiff Robert C. Barth, a Fairview Heights police officer, was shot and wounded in the right leg after responding to a burglary alarm at a sporting goods store. A little more than one year later defendant Michael Lee Massa, who was 15 years old at the time of the incident, confessed to the shooting.

Plaintiff filed suit seeking recovery...

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