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SYLVESTER v. CHICAGO PARK DIST.

No. 81138.

689 N.E.2d 1119 (1997)

179 Ill.2d 500

228 Ill.Dec. 698

Alice SYLVESTER, Appellee, v. The CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied February 2, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeanne G. Toft, Chicago Park District, Chicago, for Chicago Park District.

Paul R. Karasik, Karasik & Herndobler, Ltd., Chicago, John E. Marszalek, Marszalek & Marszalek, Chicago, for Alice Sylvester.

James D. Wascher, Friedman & Holtz, Chicago, for Amicus Curiae Illinois Association of Park Districts.

Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Alice Sylvester, filed a complaint against defendant, the Chicago Park District, to recover damages for injuries she sustained as a result of a fall on Park District property. The complaint alleged the Park District was negligent in allowing a concrete parking abutment to block a walkway adjacent to a parking lot exit located south of Soldier Field.

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