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JEFFERSON v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 1-93-1278.

646 N.E.2d 1305 (1995)

269 Ill.App.3d 672

207 Ill.Dec. 218

Mark JEFFERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

February 6, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Bernard Cashion, Martin B. Forbes, Chicago, for appellant.

Susan S. Sher, Corp. Counsel of City of Chicago; Lawrence Rosenthal, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Benna Ruth Solomon, Chief Asst. Corp. Counsel, Frederick S. Rhine, Asst. Corp. Counsel, of counsel, for appellee.

Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

NATURE OF THE CASE

On May 7, 1987, the City of Chicago (City) was painting lines for pedestrian crosswalks at the southeast corner of the Halsted and Lake intersection. The east half of Halsted Street was closed. The west half of Halsted Street was used for one lane of northbound traffic and one lane of southbound traffic. Some time that day the plaintiff's right arm was partially severed when the southbound...

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