Saragusa v. City of Chicago

The plaintiff, Margaret Saragusa, brought this action in the circuit court of Cook County against the defendant, City of Chicago, to recover damages for injuries suffered when she fell into a hole in a sidewalk. The case was tried without a jury, and resulted in a judgment for the plaintiff in the amount of $14,100. The defendant made an oral motion, apparently at the time the case came on for trial, to dismiss the complaint on the ground that the plaintiff had failed to serve the city with a proper notice of her claim pursuant to section 8 — 102 of the Local Governmental and Governmental…