Newsome v. Thompson

Plaintiff, Eldrit Newsome, filed an action to recover for personal injuries sustained when the automobile of defendant Senator Thompson collided with plaintiff’s motorcycle. Defendant City of Chicago (the City) filed a motion to dismiss plaintiff’s amended complaint for failure to state a cause of action. The trial court granted the motion. Plaintiff appeals.

Count I of plaintiff’s amended complaint alleged that while operating a motorcycle in a northerly direction on Vincennes Avenue in the City on September 12, 1987, he was struck, at approximately 10833 South Vincennes, by the automobile of…