Legal Opinion
McCall v. Chicago Board of Education
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided April 14, 1992No. 1—90—2985PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE HARTMAN
delivered the opinion of the court:
Plaintiff, Patricia Ann McCall, when a student enrolled in the fourth grade of a Chicago public school, was injured on September 9, 1977, as she was entering a mobile classroom through a doorway. The door closed on her leg, allegedly resulting in a serious injury consisting of a recurrent infection at the site of an abrasion caused by the door. A jury returned a verdict of $570,000 in plaintiffs favor and against defendant Chicago Board of Education, from which this appeal proceeds.
Defendant raises as issues on appeal whether (1) the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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