Ross v. City of Chicago

PRESIDING JUSTICE LORENZ

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs Janice Ross (Ross) and Virginia Clements (Clements), in a consolidated action, filed separate complaints against defendants Ford Motor Company and the City of Chicago (City) following the deaths of plaintiffs’ decedents in an automobile collision. Plaintiffs appeal the dismissal below, as to defendant City, of both complaints under section 2 — 615 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 110, par. 2 — 615) pursuant to a finding by the trial court under Supreme Court Rule 304(a) (107 Ill. 2d R. 304(a)).

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