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CURRIE v. LAO

No. 70566.

592 N.E.2d 977 (1992)

148 Ill.2d 151

170 Ill.Dec. 297

Joseph CURRIE, Appellee, v. Jose LAO, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied June 1, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan and Roland W. Burris, Attys. Gen., Springfield (Robert J. Ruiz and Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Sols. Gen., and Eve Moran, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, of counsel), for appellant.

McKeown, Fitzgerald, Zollner, Buck, Hutchison & Ruttle, Joliet (Timothy J. Rathbun and Gary S. Mueller, of counsel), for appellee.

Justice BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Joseph Currie, brought this action in the circuit court of Will County against defendant, Joseph Lao, an Illinois State trooper. Plaintiff's complaint, sounding in negligence, sought recovery from Lao for damages plaintiff sustained when Lao's patrol car collided with plaintiff's pickup truck. Lao's motion to dismiss the action, based upon the common law doctrine of public officials' immunity, was denied...

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