Supreme Court of Illinois

In a suit for negligence arising from an auto accident death where the possibility of an accident was reported by a passing motorist but the scene was not investigated until three days later, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where defendant county is entitled to statutory immunity under the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/20/2006
• Published 06/15/2007

Judges

• Justice KARMEIER delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion:

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael W. Rathsack, Chicago (Steven K. Jambois, of counsel), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert J. Noe, of Bozeman, Neighbour, Patton & Noe, L.L.P., Moline (Heather G. Rouleau, of counsel), for appellees County of Rock Island et al., Clifford G. Kosoff, Jane M. May, of O'Halloran, Kosoff, Geitner & Cook, P.C., Northbrook, for appellees County of Henry, Illinois, et al., Peter R. Jennetten, of Quinn, Johnston, Henderson & Pretorius, Peoria, for appellees City of Moline, Illinois, et al., John P. Fleming, Shelley McCormick, of Fleming & Umland, Peoria, for appellees Village of Orion and Lori Sampson., Greg G. Chickris, East Moline, for appellee City of East Moline.