Bowers v. Village of Palatine

Plaintiff, Donald Bowers, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County granting the motion of defendants Village of Palatine and Officer Languth to dismiss plaintiff’s personal injury action. On appeal, plaintiff contends that the trial court erred in granting defendants’ motion. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand.

The facts giving rise to this appeal are as follows.

Plaintiff filed his original complaint after he was allegedly injured in May 1980. The record does not contain the exact filing date. The complaint was dismissed for want of prosecution (DWP) on May 2,…