Bridgman v. Sanitary District of Decatur

The present case was initiated by the plaintiff acting pro se. She filed a one-count complaint alleging damages against five separate defendants. Each of the defendants filed a motion to dismiss the initial complaint and subsequently plaintiff retained counsel. The motions to dismiss were allowed and two defendants were omitted from further proceedings.

Plaintiff subsequently filed her first-amended complaint in the present cause, and this complaint was framed in four separate counts. The first count pertained to the Sanitary District of Decatur (sanitary district). Plaintiff alleged in count…