Scerba v. City of Chicago

First Division October 7, 1996 No. 1-95-0234 VACIUS SCERBA, as Father and Next ) APPEAL FROM THE Friend of GEORGE SCERBA, ) CIRCUIT COURT OF ) COOK COUNTY. Plaintiff-Appellant, ) ) v. ) ) CITY OF CHICAGO, a municipal ) corporation, and CHICAGO TRANSIT ) AUTHORITY, ) HONORABLE ) PATRICK E. McGANN, Defendant-Appellee. ) JUDGE PRESIDING. JUSTICE WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court: On July 2, 1984, at about 10 a.m., 12-year-old George Scerba (George) left his school to go home. Minutes later he was struck by a car near the middle of Sheridan Road, several feet south of its intersection…