Curtis v. Chicago Transit Authority

PRESIDING JUSTICE GORDON

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Daven Curtis, filed a four-count complaint against defendants, Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) and Jeanne Butler, a CTA employee, on March 22, 2000, seeking damages for a traffic collision involving her car and a CTA bus driven by defendant Butler. The CTA ultimately moved to dismiss the complaint pursuant to section 2 — 619 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2 — 619 (West 2000)), arguing that plaintiff’s notice under section 41 of the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act (the Transit Act) (70 ILCS 3605/41 (West…