Trice v. Chicago Housing Authority

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE STAMOS

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff initiated the instant wrongful death action alleging that defendant Chicago Housing Authority proximately caused the death of plaintiff’s minor son by breaching its duty of due care in the operation, maintenance and control of the building in which decedent lived. Plaintiff appeals from an order of the Circuit Court granting defendant’s motion to strike the amended complaint for failure to state a cause of action.

Plaintiff and her son, Ernest, were tenants in defendant’s 15 story building located at 2245 West Lake…