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THOMPSON v. COUNTY OF COOK

No. 73133.

609 N.E.2d 290 (1993)

154 Ill.2d 374

181 Ill.Dec. 922

Kathleen THOMPSON, Indiv. and as Adm'r of the Estate of Richard Thompson, Deceased, et al., Appellants, v. The COUNTY OF COOK et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied March 29, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy D. Simon, Jr., Hempstead, New York (Tom Leahy, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellants.

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty., Chicago (Karen A. Covy and Frank J. Oles, Asst. State's Attys., of counsel), for appellees.

Bruce Robert Pfaff, Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Ass'n.

Kelly R. Welsh, Corp. Counsel, Chicago (Lawrence Rosenthal and Bobbie McGee Gregg, of counsel), for amicus curiae City of Chicago.

Justice BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiffs, Kathleen Thompson and Jamie Lynn Thompson, brought an action in the circuit court of Cook County against the County of Cook and the Cook County superintendent of highways (collectively, the county). The plaintiffs alleged that the county was negligent because it failed to adequately warn motorists of a curve located in a county road. Richard Thompson (Thompson), Kathleen's husband and Jamie Lynn...

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