Leonardi v. Chicago Transit Authority

THIRD DIVISION

June 30, 2003

No. 1-02-3135

MARIA LEONARDI, ) Appeal from the) Circuit Court of

Plaintiff-Appellant, ) Cook County.)

v. ))

CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY, a municipal )

corporation, and CITY OF CHICAGO, a ) Honorable municipal corporation, ) John G. Laurie,) James P. McCarthy,

Defendants-Appellees. ) Judges Presiding.

Plaintiff Maria Leonardi stepped into a large crack in the sidewalk at the Jefferson Park bus station and injured her right foot. Leonardi sued the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) and the City of Chicago (City), alleging defendants had negligently failed to maintain the…