Legal Opinion
Cross v. Wells Fargo Alarm Services
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided September 29, 1980No. 52455, 52530 consPublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ward
On December 21, 1971, at about 1:15 a.m. plaintiff Willie Cross was severely beaten and injured by several unknown men as he was waiting for an elevator in the lobby of the Governor Henry Horner Housing Project located in Chicago. Cross and his wife filed suit in the circuit court of Cook County against the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA), a municipal corporation which owned and operated the project, and Wells Fargo Alarm Services, Inc., a security service that had contracted with the CHA to provide guard services at the project. The trial court dismissed the counts of the complaint against…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Nelson v. Union Wire Rope Corp.Illinois Supreme Court · 1964
- Pippin v. Chicago Housing AuthorityIllinois Supreme Court · 1979
- Johnston v. City of BloomingtonIllinois Supreme Court · 1979
- Johnson v. FranzenIllinois Supreme Court · 1979
- Cross v. Chicago Housing AuthorityAppellate Court of Illinois · 1979
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3Cited by105 opinions
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