Perzovsky v. Chicago Transit Authority

Tillie Perzovsky brought suit below, both in her capacity as administratrix of her deceased husband’s estate and individually, against the Chicago Transit Authority (hereinafter CTA) and the City of Chicago (hereinafter the City). She alleged in her complaint that both defendants had negligently caused the wrongful death of her 65-year-old husband. He had been found lying in the street severely injured, barely conscious, and unable to speak around 6 A.M., February 20, 1987, by a woman about to enter a CTA bus. He was lying between the right front wheel of the bus and a utility pole positioned…