Legal Opinion
Abbasi Ex Rel. Abbasi v. Paraskevoulakos
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided July 1, 1999No. 85835PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Freeman
Plaintiff, Sana Abbasi, through her father, Jamil Abbasi, brought an action in the circuit court of Cook County against defendants, Panagiotis Paraskevoulakos and Katina Paraskevoulakos. Plaintiff sought damages for injuries that she received from ingesting lead-based paint.
The circuit court struck those counts of the complaint that alleged private causes of action based on defendants’ violations of the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act (Act) (410 ILCS 45/1 et seq. (West 1996)) and several chapters of the Chicago Municipal Code (City Code) (Chicago Municipal Code, chs. 5—4, 5—12, 7—4, 13—196…
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