Ross v. United States

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ZAGEL, District Judge.

Twelve-year-old William Ross fell from the North Breakwater in Waukegan Harbor into Lake Michigan and was not fished out by the Waukegan Fire Department divers until some twenty minutes later. He died the following day. Ross’s mother, Ollie Belle Ross, filed this action individually and as administrator of her son’s estate against nine defendants alleging claims under 42 U.S.C. sec. 1983, the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), and Illinois law. Of the original defendants seven remain, including the County of Lake and the City of Waukegan; and all…