Griffin v. Board of Education

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY

delivered the opinion of the court.

Leonard Griffin, a student at the Fiske Public School, a school maintained by the Board of Education of the City of Chicago, was injured June 9, 1960, while playing upon apparatus in the school’s playground. In his amended complaint he prayed for judgment in the amount of $50,000 and pleaded that the defendant had nonpublic trust funds available and was covered by insurance in excess of the ad damnum.

The defendant moved to strike the amended complaint on the ground that recovery was sought for an amount in excess of that allowed…