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COLEMAN v. EAST JOLIET FIRE PROTECTION

No. 117952.

46 N.E.3d 741 (2016)

2016 IL 117952

399 Ill. Dec. 422

Marcus COLEMAN, as Successor Adm'r of the Estate of Coretta Coleman, Deceased, Appellant, v. EAST JOLIET FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

January 22, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roman R. Okrei , Lockport, for appellant.

Stephen H. Dinolfo and Ericka J. Thomas , Ottosen Britz Kelly Cooper Gilbert & Dinolfo, Ltd., Naperville, for appellees East Joliet Fire Protection District, Louis Helis and Scott Mazor.

Kevin J. Clancy , Martin W. McManaman and Patrick R. Moran , Lowis & Gellen LLP, Chicago, for appellees Will County and Laurie Zan.

Clausen Miller P.C., Chicago ( Kimbley A. Kearney , Edward M. Kay , Paul X. Bozych and Timothy F. Jacobs , of counsel), for appellees Orland Fire Protection District and Eric Johnson.

Deidre Baumann , Baumann & Shuldiner, Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.

Jon Yambert and Rebecca Fozo , Chilton Yambert Porter LLP, Chicago, for amicus curiae Intergovernmental Risk Management Agency.

Scott L. Howie , Pretzel & Stouffer Chartered, Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel.

James S. Sinclair , Stobbs, Sinclair & Associates, Ltd., Alton, Michael Resis , SmithAmundsen LLC, and James J. Roche and Lance J. Sherry , James J. Roche & Associates, Chicago, for amici curiae Illinois Association of Fire Protection Districts et al.

Roger Huebner , Springfield, James J. Powers, Clark, Baird, Smith LLP, Rosemont, and Todd K. Hayden and Kenneth M. Florey , Robbins Schwartz, Mokena, for amici curiae Illinois Municipal League et al.

Thomas G. DiCianni , Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, DiCianni & Krafthefer, P.C., Chicago ( David Lincoln Ader , of counsel), for amici curiae Municipal Insurance Cooperative Agency and McHenry County Municipal Risk Management Agency.

OPINION

¶ 1 The common-law "public duty rule" provides that a local governmental entity and its employees owe no duty of care to individual members of the general public to provide governmental services such as police and fire protection services. See Huey v. Town...

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