Legal Opinion

Lester v. Chicago Park District

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided August 18, 1987No. 86-2963PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRESIDING JUSTICE SCARIANO

delivered the opinion of the court:

Pursuant to section 2 — 615 of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 110, par. 2 — 615), the trial court dismissed with prejudice plaintiff-appellant James Lester’s personal injury action against the Chicago Park District (CPD). The only question on review is whether the trial court erred in dismissing the complaint for failure to state a cause of action. We affirm.

A review of the record discloses that Lester sustained the complained-of injuries while playing softball in “Hermosa Park,” an outdoor…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Lynch v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF COLLINSVILLE COMMUNITY UNIT DIST.Illinois Supreme Court · 1980
  2. O'Brien v. Township High School District 214Illinois Supreme Court · 1980
  3. Doyle v. ShlenskyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983
  4. Glover v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1982
  5. Stenwall v. BergstromIllinois Supreme Court · 1947

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Carter v. New Trier East High SchoolAppellate Court of Illinois · 1995
  2. Cohen v. Chicago Park DistrictIllinois Supreme Court · 2017
  3. Oravek v. Community School District 146Appellate Court of Illinois · 1994
  4. Brown v. Chicago Park DistrictAppellate Court of Illinois · 1991
  5. Bart v. Board of Educ. of City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1993

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