Repede v. Community Unit School District No. 300

Plaintiffs, Jill Repede and Lois Repede, appeal the circuit court’s order that dismissed their complaint alleging negligence against defendants, Community Unit School District No. 300, Dundee-Grown High School, and Jacqueline Gilly. The trial court ruled that defendants were immune from suit. On appeal, plaintiffs contend that defendants are not immune because (1) they voluntarily assumed a duty; (2) Gilly was not acting in a discretionary capacity when the accident occurred; and (3) defendants were not acting in a governmental capacity when the injury occurred.

Plaintiffs’ complaint alleges…