JONES v. VILLAGE OF WILLOW SPRINGS

No. 1-92-0678.

608 N.E.2d 298 (1992)

240 Ill. App.3d 235

181 Ill.Dec. 225

Elwin O. JONES, the Blue Front Lounge and National Fire Insurance Company, as Subrogee of Elwin O. Jones and the Blue Front Lounge, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The VILLAGE OF WILLOW SPRINGS and Justice/Willow Springs Water Commission, municipal corporations, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

December 23, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crotty and Chacon, Chicago (James T. Crotty, Zacarias R. Chacon, Deborah J. Allen, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Vincent C. Cipolla of Kurnik, Cipolla, Stephenson and Barasha, Ltd., Arlington Heights, for defendant-appellee Village of Willow Springs.

John D. Handbury of Crowley, Ross & DeMeo, Chicago, for defendant-appellee Justice/Willow Springs Water Com'n.


Presiding Justice JIGANTI delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiffs, Elwin O. Jones, the Blue Front Lounge and National Fire Insurance Company as subrogee, filed a negligence action against the defendants, the Village of Willow Springs (Village) and the Justice/Willow Springs Water Commission (Commission), seeking damages resulting from a fire. The plaintiffs alleged that the Commission was guilty of willful and wanton misconduct in failing to maintain adequate...

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