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ROSS v. U.S.

No. 86 C 5882.

697 F.Supp. 974 (1988)

Ollie Belle ROSS, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of William Ross, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

August 29, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor Potysman, Forrest Ingram, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

Anton R. Valukas, U.S. Atty. for N.D. Ill., Gillum Ferguson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Jeffrey Colman and Robert Markin, Jenner and Block, Chicago, Ill., for city defendants.

Daniel Field, Waukegan, Ill., for County defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ZAGEL, District Judge.

Twelve-year-old William Ross fell from the North Breakwater in Waukegan Harbor into Lake Michigan and was not fished out by the Waukegan Fire Department divers until some twenty minutes later. He died the following day. Ross's mother, Ollie Belle Ross, filed this action individually and as administrator of her son's estate against nine defendants alleging claims under 42 U.S.C. sec. 1983, the Federal Tort...

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