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OSTERGREN v. FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT

No. 59237.

104 Ill.2d 128 (1984)

471 N.E.2d 191

RICHARD OSTERGREN, Appellee, v. THE FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF WILL COUNTY et al. (The Forest Preserve District of Will County, Appellant).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 30, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Quinn & Broderick, of Chicago (Thomas C. Broderick, of counsel), for appellant.

Nevoral, Corrigan & O'Connor, Ltd., of Chicago (James A. Corrigan, Bernard R. Nevoral, and Bryan J. O'Connor III, of counsel), for appellee.

Michael W. Ward, of O'Keefe, Ashenden, Lyons & Ward, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Forest Preserve District of Cook County.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

On February 11, 1981, plaintiff, Richard Ostergren, was driving a snowmobile in the Sauk Trail Forest Preserve when the vehicle struck a trench. The plaintiff sustained a fractured cervical vertebra in the accident and filed suit in the circuit court of Will County on September 25, 1981. The plaintiff alleged that the negligence of the defendants, the Forest...

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