Cooney v. Society of Mt. Carmel

The issue here is whether the notice requirement of the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 85, par. 8—102) is applicable to private schools.

In 1969 plaintiff, Gary Dean Cooney, was a 13-year-old student at Mt. Carmel High School in Chicago, a private, Roman Catholic school owned and operated by defendant Society of Mt. Carmel (Society). On November 28, 1975, after plaintiff had reached his majority, he filed a two-count complaint in the circuit court of Cook County against the Society and two physical education instructors employed by…