Galuszynski v. City of Chicago

PRESIDING JUSTICE STAMOS

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a personal injury action brought by Isabel and Sylvia Galuszynski against the city of Chicago (city), seeking recovery for injuries suffered at the hands of burglars as the result of the city’s failure to promptly respond to plaintiff’s emergency call through the “911” emergency telephone system to the Chicago police department. Defendant moved to dismiss plaintiffs’ four-count complaint for failure to state a cause of action, and the trial court granted the motion. Plaintiffs appeal.

On January 24, 1984, at approximately 9:45…