Hanover Ins. Co. v. BOARD OF EDUC., CITY OF CHICAGO

This case comes before this court as a permissive appeal filed by defendant Board of Education of the City of Chicago (Board), pursuant to Illinois Supreme Court Rule 308(a) (134 Ill. 2d R. 308(a)), and concerns whether the Board is immune to a suit filed by plaintiff Hanover Insurance Company (Hanover) as subrogee of plaintiff Mar-Lu Masonry, Inc. (Mar-Lu), and plaintiff Tucker Pitts. On February 11, 1992, the circuit court of Cook County entered an order finding that there was a question of law for which a substantial difference of opinion exists, namely:

“Does §3 — 106 of the Tort Immunity…