Calloway v. Kinkelaar

659 N.E.2d 1322 (1995)

168 Ill.2d 312

213 Ill.Dec. 675

Helen CALLOWAY, Appellee,

v.

Arthur KINKELAAR et al., Appellants.

No. 77391.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

December 21, 1995.

James B. Bleyer, Bleyer & Bleyer, Marion, for appellants.

Robert E. Brown, Ronald Tulin, Ltd., Charleston, for appellee.

In this case we determine whether the Domestic Violence Act of 1986 (the Act) permits a cause of action for damages in favor of persons protected by the Act whose injuries are alleged to have been caused by the willful and wanton misconduct of police officers in performing or failing to perform the affirmative…