Brown v. Chicago Park District

Plaintiff through his next friend, his mother, filed suit against the Chicago Park District after her son’s foot was injured when a mirror fell from the wall of a park district indoor public shower. The mirror was originally placed behind a pipe in the shower stall by an unknown third party not involved in the litigation. Plaintiff alleged defendant’s conduct in not removing the mirror before the injury constituted a willful and wanton act because park district employees knew of the existence and in fact had used the mirror in the past. Plaintiff’s complaint was dismissed and amended twice…