County of Cook v. State

OPINION

Patchett, J.

This cause comes on for hearing upon the motion for summary judgment filed herein by the Claimant, County of Cook. The Court has considered the Respondent’s response to the Claimant’s motion for summary judgment, and all the documents contained therein. In addition, the Court has considered the oral arguments made on September 23, 1985, in reference to this case and a similar, but nonrelated, case, County of Cook v. State (1987), 40 Ill. Ct. Cl. 143.

The aforementioned case arises from the Cook County Circuit Court case of Merrill v. Drazk. There, a county was found liable…