Foster v. Johnson

The plaintiff, William Foster, filed a lawsuit against the defendant, John Johnson, in the circuit court of Cook County for damages sustained from a battery which the defendant allegedly committed against the plaintiff while both parties were at work as employees of the Chicago Transit Authority (the CTA). The plaintiff appeals from the dismissal with prejudice of his cause of action pursuant to section 2 — 619 of the Code of Civil Procedure (the Code) (735 ILCS 5/2 — 619 (West 2002)) (section 2 — 619). On appeal, the plaintiff argues that the court erred by: (1) holding that the Workers’…