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PATINKIN v. REGIONAL TRANSP. AUTHORITY

No. 1-90-1423.

574 N.E.2d 743 (1991)

214 Ill. App.3d 973

158 Ill.Dec. 630

Lorraine A. PATINKIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, A Municipal Corporation, and Chicago Transit Authority, A Municipal Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

June 3, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. John Mix, Jr., Chicago (B. John Mix, Jr., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant Lorraine Patinkin.

Chicago Transit Authority, William H. Farley, Jr., Gen. Atty., Chicago (Anthony J. Ritrovato, of counsel), for defendant-appellee Chicago Transit Authority.

Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago (James E. Tancula, Susan Kozik Jones, Jori S. Kessler, of counsel), for defendant-appellee Regional Transp. Authority.

Justice O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the court:

In this appeal we consider whether the notice of an intention to file suit against the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) satisfies the statutory precondition of notice of suit necessary to maintain an action against the Chicago Transportation Authority (CTA).

On August 10, 1988, Lorraine A. Patinkin was allegedly injured when a window of an elevated train, on which she was a passenger, fell on her...

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