Possekel v. O'DONNELL

The trial court in this case granted a summary judgment for the defendant O’Donnell, 1 holding that the defendant’s “nursery and kindergarten” was a school within section 24 — 24 of the School Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 122, par. 24 — 24), and that, therefore, following Kobylanski v. Chicago Board of Education (1976), 63 Ill. 2d 165, 347 N.E.2d 705, and Merrill v. Catholic Bishop (1972), 8 Ill. App. 3d 910, 290 N.E.2d 259, and Cotton v. Catholic Bishop (1976), 39 Ill. App. 3d 1062, 351 N.E.2d 247, the defendant could not be held hable for its negligence which resulted in injury to the…