Lange v. City of Chicago

The plaintiff, Paul I. Lange, appeals from an order entered in the Circuit Court of Cook County denying his petition to vacate a prior order entered by the trial court dismissing his cause of action for want of prosecution.

The sole issue presented on appeal is whether the trial court’s denial of the plaintiff’s petition to vacate the dismissal of his cause of action for want of prosecution constitutes an abuse of judicial discretion.

On November 29, 1966, Paul I. Lange was involved in an automobile accident. He subsequently brought suit against the City of Chicago alleging negligence in…