ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE CO. v. CITY OF HIGHLAND PARK

No. 2-90-0663.

572 N.E.2d 1267 (1991)

214 Ill. App.3d 15

157 Ill.Dec. 803

ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Plaintiff and Counterdefendant-Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. The CITY OF HIGHLAND PARK, Defendant and Counterplaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Rehearing Denied June 27, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Bonamarte III, DeSanto & Bonamarte, P.C., Waukegan, for City of Highland Park.

William P. Anderson, Fuqua, Winter, Stiles & Anderson, Ltd., Waukegan, for Illinois Bell Telephone.


Justice McLAREN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, the City of Highland Park (City), appeals from the judgment of the circuit court in favor of plaintiff, Illinois Bell Telephone Company (Bell), on Bell's negligence complaint. The City raises two issues on appeal: (1) whether the trial court's judgment was against the manifest weight of the evidence; and (2) whether a City ordinance granting plaintiff certain rights in the City bars it from maintaining...

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