Baker v. Walker

PRESIDING JUSTICE HARTMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs appeal from a circuit court order dismissing their complaint with prejudice. We are asked to determine whether the circuit court erred in: (1) dismissing plaintiffs’ complaint for failure to state a cause of action; and (2) denying plaintiffs’ motion to amend their complaint.

On March 29, 1984, an automobile driven by Clarita Pagal struck plaintiff Lizzie Baker as she stood in a bus shelter at the southeast comer of Western Avenue and 35th Street in Chicago, Illinois. In a complaint filed March 27, 1986, Lizzie Baker and…