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WEST v. KIRKHAM

No. 71018.

588 N.E.2d 1104 (1992)

147 Ill.2d 1

167 Ill.Dec. 974

Noma WEST, Appellee, v. Perry M. KIRKHAM et al. (The City of Urbana, Appellant).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied March 30, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Cornyn and Howard W. Small, Thomas, Mamer & Haughey, Champaign, for appellant.

Kelly R. Welsh, Corp. Counsel, Chicago (Lawrence Rosenthal and Brian Trubitt, of counsel), for amicus curiae City of Chicago.

James T. Newman, Cooney and Conway, and Josette Belvedere, Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Assoc.

Andrew J. Kleczek, Peoria (Diane E. Greanias, of counsel), for appellee.

Justice BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Noma West, brought the present action against defendants, the City of Urbana (the City), Perry M. Kirkham, Wheels, Inc., and Pfizer, Inc., to recover damages for injuries she sustained in an automobile accident. The City filed a motion for summary judgment, contending that the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act (Tort Immunity Act) barred plaintiff's claim against it. (Ill...

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