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HOPKINSON v. CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY

No. 1-88-3258.

570 N.E.2d 716 (1991)

211 Ill. App.3d 825

156 Ill.Dec. 240

Francis HOPKINSON, Administrator of the Estate of Rita Hopkinson, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY, a municipal corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

March 28, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Farley, Gen. Atty., Chicago Transit Authority and Arnstein & Lehr, Chicago (Arthur L. Klein, Patrick F. Geary and John T. Wagener, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Ambrose & Cushing, P.C., Chicago (Thomas M. Cushing, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Justice COCCIA delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Francis Hopkinson, administrator of the estate of Rita Hopkinson, brought this wrongful death action against defendant, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), following decedent's rape and murder by an unknown assailant at a CTA "el" train station. A jury awarded plaintiff $1,500,000 in damages, and judgment was entered on the verdict.

On appeal, the CTA contends that it is immune from actions for...

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