Jefferson v. City of Chicago

NATURE OF THE CASE

On May 7, 1987, the City of Chicago (City) was painting lines for pedestrian crosswalks at the southeast corner of the Halsted and Lake intersection. The east half of Halsted Street was closed. The west half of Halsted Street was used for one lane of northbound traffic and one lane of southbound traffic. Sometime that day the plaintiff s right arm was partially severed when the southbound Halsted Street bus he was riding in brushed a steel pillar.

The plaintiffs lawsuit against the City centered on the way in which the northbound traffic was diverted by the placement of…