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JOHNSON v. CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY

No. 1-05-1186.

853 N.E.2d 783 (2006)

Paula JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY, a Municipal Corporation, and Mearl C. Harvey, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

July 25, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Caithamer, Jay A. Heller, Michael W. Rathsack, Chicago, for Appellant.

Darka Papushkewych, General Counsel for the Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago (Ellen Partridge, Deputy General Counsel, Stephen L. Wood, Chief Attorney, of counsel), for Appellee Chicago Transit Authority.

Presiding Justice GARCIA delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Paula Johnson, sued the defendants, Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) and Mearl Harvey, for injuries she sustained when she fell exiting a CTA bus.1 The trial court granted CTA's motion to dismiss Johnson's case because she failed to strictly comply with the notice requirements of section 41 of the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act (Transit Act) (70 ILCS 3605/41...

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