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YANG v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 88656.

745 N.E.2d 541 (2001)

195 Ill.2d 96

253 Ill.Dec. 418

Mike YANG, Appellee, v. The CITY OF CHICAGO, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

February 16, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mara S. Georges, Corporation Counsel, Chicago (Lawrence Rosenthal, Benna Ruth Solomon and Julian N. Henriques, Jr., of counsel), for appellant.

John Y.E. Lee, and Colleen Young Kraus, of Ross & Hardies, Chicago, for appellee.

Sharon K. Legenza, and David Austin, law student, Chicago, for amici curiae Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc., et al.

Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court.

This case is before us on a question of Illinois law certified by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. 145 Ill.2d R. 20. The certified question is:

"Does section 9-102 of the Illinois Tort Immunity Act provide for attorneys' fees against municipalities within its definition of compensatory damages?"

For the reasons that follow, we answer the certified question in the negative...

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