EAGAN v. CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTH.

No. 75176.

634 N.E.2d 1093 (1994)

158 Ill.2d 527

199 Ill.Dec. 739

Dennis EAGAN, Appellee, v. The CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

April 21, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Montgomery and Jean M. Templeton, James D. Montgomery and Associates, Ltd., William R. Quinlan, Steven E. Nieslawski and James D. Dasso, Pope & John, Ltd., and William H. Farley, Jr., Chicago, for appellant.

Corboy & Demetrio, P.C., Chicago (Philip H. Corboy, Todd A. Smith, David A. Novoselsky and Michael K. Demetrio, of counsel), for appellee.

Michele Odorizzi, and Julian C. D'Esposito, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, for amici curiae Regional Transp. Authority et al.

Iris E. Sholder, Chicago (William A. Morgan, of counsel), for amicus curiae Bd. of Educ. of the City of Chicago.

Philip H. Corboy, Corboy & Demetrio, David A. Novoselsky, Chicago, for Dennis Eagan.


Chief Justice BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Dennis Eagan, brought an action in the circuit court of Cook County against the defendant, the Chicago Transit Authority (hereinafter referred to as the CTA), seeking to recover damages for negligence. The CTA filed a motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to section 2-619 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1987, ch. 110, par. 2-619). Following a hearing, the trial court granted...

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