O'DONNELL v. City of Chicago

PRESIDING JUSTICE MEJDA

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, the city of Chicago, appeals from the denial of its motion to dismiss (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 110, par. 2 — 619) and from a judgment for $75,000 entered on a jury verdict for plaintiff in the amount of $150,000, reduced to reflect plaintiff’s contributory negligence. The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in denying defendant’s motion to dismiss. We reverse the trial court’s order denying the motion to dismiss and the judgment entered in favor of plaintiff.

At 8 a.m. on Saturday, December 8, 1979, the…