Herriott v. Powers

PRESIDING JUSTICE HARTMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Village of Tinley Park Director of Public Works Charles B. Powers, while driving a village-owned automobile between village work sites, collided with plaintiff Elaine C. Herriott’s vehicle. Plaintiff sued Powers after lapse of the one-year statutory limitation period for commencement of civil injury actions against local governmental employees, contained in section 8 — 101 of the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 85, par. 8 — 101 (section 8 — 101 of the Act)). A jury returned a…