BARRERA v. CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY

No. 1-03-1865.

812 N.E.2d 413 (2004)

349 Ill.App.3d 539

285 Ill.Dec. 593

Doriela BARRERA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

June 14, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

(Thomas J. Keevers, of counsel), O'Brien, Hanrahan & Fay, Chicago, for Appellant.

Robert S. Rivkin, General Counsel of the Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago (Thomas J. Bamonte, Ellen L. Partridge, Cecelia M. Comito, of counsel), for Appellee.


Presiding Justice O'MALLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises from an action brought by plaintiff Doriela Barrera against the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) for injuries she allegedly sustained when she suffered from an epileptic seizure on a CTA bus and the CTA employees left her unconscious on a public sidewalk where she was robbed. The trial court granted the CTA's motion to dismiss her cause of action on the basis that her complaint failed...

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