VENTURA v. PICICCI

No. 1-90-2807.

592 N.E.2d 368 (1992)

227 Ill. App.3d 865

169 Ill.Dec. 881

Laura VENTURA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Chiari PICICCI, Indiv. and as Adm'r of the Estate of Michael Picicci, Deceased, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

March 27, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Thomas Moran, Jr., Chicago, for plaintiff-appellant.

Sanchez & Daniels, Chicago (George L. Acosta, William K. Mosca, Jr., and John D. Daniels, of counsel) for defendant-appellee.


Justice LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Laura Ventura, appeals from an order dismissing her amended complaint for failure to state a cause of action for negligence against defendant, Chiari Picicci. We consider whether plaintiff's complaint stated a cause of action when defendant allegedly took charge of her adult son knowing of his propensity for violence but failed to control him. For the following reasons, we affirm.

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