Mostafa v. City of Hickory Hills

PRESIDING JUSTICE HARTMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs’ decedents, Adel Mostafa, age two, and Amgad Salamah, age three, fell into a man-made lagoon in a public park near a playground and drowned. Plaintiffs filed suit against the City of Hickory Hills (City), the Hickory Hills Park District (Park District), American National Bank and Trust Company (American National Bank), which held title to their apartment building in trust, and Asghar Mohsin, the beneficiary of that trust. The circuit court granted defendants’ section 2—619(a)(9) (735 ILCS 5/2— 619(a)(9) (West 1994))…