SPARKS v. STARKS

No. 1-05-2145.

856 N.E.2d 575 (2006)

367 Ill. App.3d 834

305 Ill.Dec. 770

Joseph J. SPARKS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dereck STARKS, Thomas Tranckitello, and the City of Chicago, a Municipal Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

September 27, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Geiger, Chicago, for Appellant.

Mara S. Georges, Corporation Counsel of the City of Chicago, Chicago (Benna Ruth Solomon, Myriam Zreczny Kasper, Julian N. Henriques, Jr., of counsel), for Appellees.


Justice GREIMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Joseph J. Sparks filed a third amended complaint alleging willful and wanton conduct in the prosecution of an adversarial proceeding against defendants Dereck Starks and Thomas Tranckitello and the City of Chicago, which employed Starks and Tranckitello as police officers. The trial court dismissed plaintiff's third amended complaint for failure to state a cause of action pursuant to section 2-615 of the...

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