Legal Opinion
Porter v. City of Urbana
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided September 15, 1980No. 16030PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craven
The plaintiff appeals from the trial court’s dismissal of her four-count complaint against the city of Urbana and one of its police officers, Charles,Gordon, for failure to state a cause of action. The question on review is whether a municipality or its policemen may be liable in tort for failing to prevent persons from committing crimes.
The plaintiff’s complaint alleges that Clarence King, Jr., invaded her home December 3, 1976, and beat and raped her, and that the Urbana Police Department and Gordon knew of six other rapes committed by King in Urbana beginning March 22,1976; Gordon was the…
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