George v. Chicago Transit Authority

The plaintiff, Ellen George, sued to recover both compensatory and punitive damages for injuries she suffered as a passenger in a train operated by the defendant, Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), which collided with another train. The CTA has acknowledged the plaintiffs right to recover compensatory damages but contests her right to recover punitive damages. The circuit court denied the CTA’s motion to strike the count of the complaint seeking punitive damages, and this court allowed the CTA’s application for leave to appeal from that interlocutory order. At issue is whether the CTA is liable…