Klapkowski v. City of Chicago

PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a personal injury action in which the defendant’s motion for summary judgment was granted because of insufficient statutory notice of the injury. The plaintiff appeals.

The notice required under Ill. Rev. Stat. 1957, ch. 24, sec. 1 — 11, is a written statement concerning the circumstances of the injury, signed by the claimant or his attorney. The statement must be filed with the City Clerk and the City Attorney within six months from the date of the injury. Within this statutory period, the plaintiff’s attorney presented a…