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LaPOOK v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 1-88-3808.

570 N.E.2d 708 (1991)

211 Ill. App.3d 856

156 Ill.Dec. 232

Gary La POOK, Administrator of the Estate of Mary Patricia La Pook, Gary La Pook, Individually, and Gary La Pook, Administrator of the Estate of Baby La Pook, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

Rehearing Denied April 25, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly R. Welsh, Corp. Counsel of the City of Chicago, Chicago (Ruth M. Moscovitch, Michelle A. Hutchinson, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Terrence E. Leonard, Chartered, Chicago, for plaintiff-appellant.

Justice GORDON delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff filed a three count complaint seeking damages for the wrongful death of his wife and unborn child. The second count, alleging that the treatment by Chicago Fire Department paramedics was wilful and wanton and proximately caused the deaths, was the only count which went to the jury. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, but also answered a special interrogatory which the trial court found to be inconsistent...

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