LUYE v. SCHOPPER

No. 1-02-0610.

809 N.E.2d 156 (2004)

348 Ill. App.3d 767

284 Ill.Dec. 34

Virginia LUYE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael SCHOPPER and Garden Cab Company, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Rehearing Denied May 5, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Hagan, Smith & Amundsen, L.L.C., Chicago (Michael Resis, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellants, Michael Schopper and Garden Cab Co., Inc.

John N. Dore, Chicago, for Plaintiff-Appellee.


Justice GARCIA delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a negligence action arising from an incident on September 25, 1998, in which the plaintiff, Virginia Luye, was injured while exiting a taxicab driven by codefendant Michael Schopper and owned by codefendant Garden City Cab (Garden). In April 2001, Luye filed a three-count complaint alleging: (1) Schopper was negligent in failing to either hold the cab door open while she was exiting or to take steps to ensure...

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