Petty v. Crowell

We are confronted with a single dispositive issue in this case: Whether section 5 — 5 — 7 of the Unified Code of Corrections (Corrections Code) (730 ILCS 5/5 — 5 — 7 (West 1994)) immunizes a municipality and its employee from liability for a court-ordered community service participant’s injuries resulting from that employee’s negligence. Specifically, plaintiff, David M. Petty, appeals the Union County circuit court’s dismissal of his claim against defendants, the City of Anna and George D. Crowell. We affirm.

On July 8, 1998, plaintiff filed this negligence action seeking damages for injuries…