Saragusa v. City of Chicago

On September 21, 1970, plaintiff, Margaret Saragusa, filed this action against the defendant, City of Chicago, for injury resulting from her fall on April 20, 1970, due to an allegedly defective City sidewalk. The court, sitting without a jury, found for the plaintiff and assessed damages in the amount of $14,000, and the City appeals, contending that the court should have dismissed the action because the plaintiff’s written statement, filed with the city clerk on June 23, 1970, (1) was not signed and (2) did not give “the name and address of the treating hospital or hospitals, if any,” as…