LEONARDI v. CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY

No. 1-02-3135.

793 N.E.2d 880 (2003)

341 Ill. App.3d 1038

276 Ill.Dec. 121

Maria LEONARDI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY, a municipal corporation, and City of Chicago, a municipal corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

June 30, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon & Centracchio, L.L.C., Chicago (David R. Centracchio, Lawrence G. Gordon and Loretta A. Anderson, of counsel), for Appellant.

Mara S. Georges, Corporation Counsel of the City of Chicago, Chicago (Lawrence Rosenthal, Deputy Corporation Counsel, Benna Ruth Solomon, Chief Assistant Corporation Counsel, and Jane Elinor Notz, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), for Appellee City of Chicago.


Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Maria Leonardi stepped into a large crack in the sidewalk at the Jefferson Park bus station and injured her right foot. Leonardi sued the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) and the City of Chicago (City), alleging defendants had negligently failed to maintain the sidewalks and curbs at the bus station.1

The City filed a motion...

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