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LACEY v. VILLAGE OF PALATINE

Nos. 106353, 106359.

904 N.E.2d 18 (2009)

232 Ill.2d 349

Susan H. LACEY, Special Adm'r of the Estate of Mary E. Lacey, Deceased, Appellee, v. The VILLAGE OF PALATINE et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

February 20, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Medenwald, Paul A. Rettberg, and Brandon K. Lemley, of Querrey & Harrow, Ltd., Chicago, for appellants Village of Palatine et al.

Richard Lee Stavins, Eric G. Patt and Tracy E. Stevenson, Chicago (Robbins, Salomon & Patt, Ltd., of counsel), for appellants Village of Glenview et al.

Thomas A. Kelliher, Gary D. McCallister, Chicago, for appellee.

James L. DeAno, of DeAno & Scarry, LLC, Wheaton, for amici curiae Chiefs of Police of the Intergovernmental Risk Management Agency and South Suburban Chiefs of Police.

OPINION

Justice GARMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion:

Plaintiff, the special administrator of the estate of decedent Mary Lacey, brought this action in the circuit court of Cook County against the Village of Glenview, the Village of Palatine, and individual police officers employed by the villages (defendants). Plaintiff's complaint alleges that defendants willfully and wantonly breached duties owed to Lacey under the Illinois Domestic...

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