Wagner v. City of Chicago

Defendant, the City of Chicago, appeals from a verdict for the plaintiff, Devra Wagner, plenary guardian of the estate of Troy Wagner, and against the city. Plaintiff brought suit in the circuit court of Cook County against the city for injuries suffered in an accident on the city’s street. The city appealed, claiming, inter alia, that section 3 — 102(a) of the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 85, par. 3 — 102(a)) precluded any liability on its part. The appellate court affirmed (254 Ill. App. 3d 842), and we granted the city’s…