Mastandrea v. Chicago Park District

Plaintiff James Mastandrea brought suit against defendant Chicago Park District for damages he received when his bicycle collided with a traffic island. Plaintiff alleged that defendant was guilty of negligence and wilful and wanton misconduct in its design and maintenance of the bicycle path and traffic island. The trial court found that defendant had waived its immunities under the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act (111. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 85, par. 1 — 101 et seq.) (Tort Immunity Act) by procuring insurance and allowed plaintiff to present only his negligence…