Novotny v. Mott

Plaintiff brought this action in the circuit court of Cook County against a number of defendants to recover damages for personal injuries sustained as the result of an automobile collision. Prior to trial, the cause was dismissed as to all parties except the defendants, County of Cook and Wheeler Mott, a Cook County police officer. The trial court, at the close of plaintiff’s case, directed a verdict for defendants on the ground that Officer Mott was in the exercise of a “quasi-judicial” function so that defendants were immune from liability. Plaintiff maintains that the trial court’s…