TRIGSTED v. CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY

Docket No. 1-12-2468.

994 N.E.2d 682 (2013)

2013 IL App (1st) 122468

373 Ill. Dec. 913

Leticia Zavala TRIGSTED, Individually and as Mother and Next Friend of Valery Trigsted, a Minor, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

July 19, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. O'Meara , of Chicago, for appellants.

Karen G. Seimetz , Stephen Wood , and Rachel Kaplan , all of Chicago Transit Authority, of Chicago, for appellee.


OPINION

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

¶ 1 The instant appeal concerns the liability of defendant Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) for injuries suffered by plaintiffs Leticia Trigsted and her daughter, six-year-old Valery Trigsted, when they were attacked while riding a CTA bus. Plaintiffs filed suit against the CTA, claiming that the CTA's negligent conduct in permitting the bus to become overcrowded increased the...

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