Fields v. Chicago Transit Authority

FIRST DIVISION

February 20, 2001

No. 1-00- 0592

ANNIE FIELDS, ) Appeal from the) Circuit Court of

Plaintiff- Appellant, ) Cook County.)) No. 99 M1 306788)

CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY, ) Honorable) John Laurie,

Defendant-Appellee. ) Judge Presiding.

Plaintiff, Annie Fields, filed a negligence complaint against defendant, Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), and its agent, Tom Deyamfer, seeking damages for injuries she sustained while she was a passenger on a CTA bus. The trial court dismissed plaintiff's cause of action pursuant to section 2-619 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Code) (735 ILCS 5/2-619 (West…