Turner v. City of Chicago

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE PERLIN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Claudell Turner, appeals from a summary judgment entered by the circuit court of Cook County in favor of defendant, R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co. (hereinafter referred to as Donnelley), in an action for malicious prosecution. We consider whether the trial court erred in granting Donnelley’s motion for summary judgment.

For reasons hereinafter set forth, we affirm.

Except where noted, the following factual allegations emerge from the pleadings and discovery depositions.

On the afternoon of December 24, 1972, Arnold Van Bergen,…