Sunderland v. Tri-City Community Unit School District No. 1

Plaintiff sued for injuries allegedly caused by defendants Tri-City Community Unit School District No. 1 (School) and Lisa Nunes (Nunes). The trial court granted defendant School’s motion to dismiss. Defendant Nunes subsequently filed a motion to dismiss, which was also granted. The trial court held that Nunes was covered by the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 85, par. 1 — 101 et seq.) and that plaintiff had filed suit after the one-year statute of limitations contained in the Act. Plaintiff now appeals Nunes’ dismissal from the…