AMERICAN NAT. BANK & TRUST CO. v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 86215.

735 N.E.2d 551 (2000)

192 Ill.2d 274

248 Ill.Dec. 900

AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY, Special Adm'r for the Estate of Renee Kazmierowski, Deceased, Appellant, v. The CITY OF CHICAGO et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

August 10, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Boyle & Associates, Ltd., of Chicago (Francis J. Leyhane III, of Boyle & Leyhane, and William J. Harte and Joan M. Mannix, all of Chicago, of counsel), for appellant.

Mara S. Georges, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago (Lawrence Rosenthal, Benna Ruth Solomon and Meera Werth, of counsel), for appellees.

Robert E. Senechalle, Jr., and Cara LaFevour Smith, of Forest Park, for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.

Jay S. Judge, Kathryn James Anderlik and Edward F. Dutton, of Judge, James & Dutton, Ltd., of Park Ridge (Steven J. Kleinman, of Wheaton, and Roger Huebner, of Springfield, of counsel), for amici curiae Illinois Governmental Association of Pools & Illinois Municipal League.


Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, American National Bank and Trust Company, as special administrator of the estate of Renee Kazmierowski, brought the present action in the circuit court of Cook County against the defendants, the City of Chicago and two of its paramedics, John Glennon and Kevin T. O'Malley. Raising several theories of liability, the plaintiff sought recovery for the defendants' alleged failure to respond properly to...

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