MCCOY EX REL. JONES v. CHICAGO HOUS. AUTH.

No. 1-01-2937.

775 N.E.2d 168 (2002)

333 Ill. App.3d 305

266 Ill.Dec. 606

Tewanda McCOY, a Minor By and Through Her Mother and Next Friend, Edna JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

Rehearing Denied August 6, 2002.

As Modified Upon Denial of Rehearing August 8, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall F. Peters & Associates (William A. Murphy, of counsel), Chicago, for Appellant. Matthew J. Egan, Pretzel & Stouffer, Chartered, Chicago, for Appellee.


MODIFIED OPINION UPON DENIAL OF REHEARING

Justice THEIS delivered the opinion of the court:

On January 1, 1992, Tewanda McCoy (Tewanda) was five years old and resided in an apartment with her mother, Edna Jones (Jones), and siblings in defendant Chicago Housing Authority's (CHA) building at 5041 S. Federal in Chicago, Illinois. On that date, Tewanda survived a seven-story fall to the ground from a window in the apartment. Tewanda filed suit by and...

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