Fitzpatrick v. City of Chicago

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict for plaintiff in a personal injury action.

Plaintiff brought this action against defendants, the city of Chicago (the city), and Officer Theodore Ptak (Ptak), to recover for injuries he sustained during a nighttime accident involving an automobile driven by Isaías Marin1 which collided with Ptak’s squad car, causing it to strike him. In his complaint, plaintiff alleged, in substance, that his injuries were the proximate result of Officer Ptak’s negligence in improperly parking his vehicle on the shoulder of the highway and failing to…