Suwanski v. Village of Lombard

Plaintiff, Ronald Suwanski, individually and as the special administrator of the estate of Beverly L. Suwanski, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Du Page County granting summary judgment to defendants, the Village of Lombard and Bruce Bradford, on the first two counts of plaintiffs third amended complaint based on the willful and wanton conduct of Bradford. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand.

FACTS

In this case, two people lost their lives in a high-speed vehicular police pursuit. While we must resolve the issues presented by the circumstances of this appeal, the legal…