O'BRIEN v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Nos. 1-95-2242, 1-95-2311.

674 N.E.2d 927 (1996)

285 Ill. App.3d 864

221 Ill.Dec. 134

Lisa O'BRIEN, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Maria O'Brien, deceased, and Lisa O'Brien, individually, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, a Municipal Corporation, and James Glenn, Defendants-Appellees, Edward O'BRIEN, individually, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, a Municipal Corporation, and James Glenn, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

December 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bollinger, Ruberry & Garvey, Chicago (David Barry, Jr., John Sullivan, and Kelly Giampa, of counsel), for Appellants.

Susan S. Sher, Corporation Counsel of the City of Chicago, Chicago (Lawrence Rosenthal, Benna Ruth Solomon, and Thomas Bamonte, of counsel), for Appellee.


Presiding Justice HARTMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs Edward and Lisa O'Brien filed a wrongful death action against defendant, City of Chicago (City), after an auto accident on Lake Shore Drive (the Drive) killed their mother, Maria O'Brien. Plaintiffs claim the City negligently failed to install median guard rails on the Drive, proximately causing the accident. Lisa O'Brien appeals from the circuit court's orders dismissing her sixth amended complaint...

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