Bowden v. Cary Fire Protection District

The plaintiff, Mary Bowden, as special administrator of the estate of William Bowden, deceased, appeals from the May 13, 1998, order of the circuit court of McHenry County granting summary judgment on behalf of the defendant, Cary Fire Protection District (CFD). The plaintiffs complaint against the CFD was predicated upon the doctrine of respondeat superior and alleged that the decedent’s death was the result of the wilful and wanton conduct of its emergency medical technicians (EMTs). The complaint also alleged that the CFD was wilful and wanton in its failure to hire and provide properly…