Thurston v. City of East Alton

Mme JUSTICE SPOMER

delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises out of an automobile accident which occurred on January 21, 1977. Plaintiff-appellant Gary Thurston’s original complaint against the City of East Alton (which is not a party to this appeal) was filed on January 20, 1978, alleging, among other things, that the city negligently failed to repair a certain traffic light, proximately resulting in the plaintiff’s injuries. The city filed its answer, and discovery proceeded in which the plaintiff sought information concerning the traffic signal. Compliance with discovery by the…