Waters v. City of Chicago

This matter is now before the appellate court for the second time. In 1975, John Nebel filed a class action lawsuit against the city of Chicago, seeking relief from the defendant city’s practice of postponing the payment of tort judgments. The trial court dismissed the complaint, and this court reversed. (Nebel v. City of Chicago (1977), 53 Ill. App. 3d 890, 369 N.E.2d 74.) On remand, Nebel’s class action was consolidated with Effie Waters’ similar class action. On October 30, 1979, the class of plaintiffs was certified. On November 16,1979, the parties filed with the court a proposed…