Ferguson v. City of Chicago

FOURTH DIVISION

August 14, 2003

No. 1-02-2463

PIERRE FERGUSON,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

THE CITY OF CHICAGO,

Defendant-Appellee.)))))))))))))

Appeal from the

Circuit Court of

Cook County

Honorable

John Laurie,

Judge Presiding.

Plaintiff Pierre Ferguson appeals from an order of the circuit court dismissing his action for malicious prosecution pursuant to section 2-619 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2-619(5) (West 2000)) on the grounds that it was barred by the statute of limitations.

Ferguson was arrested on July 31, 1999, after he observed an ambulance drive the wrong way down a one way street…