Illinois Bell Telephone Co. v. City of Highland Park

Defendant, the City of Highland Park (City), appeals from the judgment of the circuit court in favor of plaintiff, Illinois Bell Telephone Company (Bell), on Bell’s negligence complaint. The City raises two issues on appeal: (1) whether the trial court’s judgment was against the manifest weight of the evidence; and (2) whether a City ordinance granting plaintiff certain rights in the City bars it from maintaining its cause of action. Bell cross-appeals that part of the judgment which found it 40% comparatively negligent and awarded Bell $10,992.31. In its cross-appeal, Bell raises the…