Hanley v. City of Chicago

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• distinguishing that, if the repair of the pothole was done pursuant to a set procedure with no room for discretionary decisions, it was a ministerial act; but if the workers used their own judgment in performing the repair, it was a discretionary act
• applying abuse-of- discretion review to the trial court’s decision to allow the defendant to raise an affirmative 18 No. 1-13-3049 defense for the first time in a motion for summary judgment
• the discretionary immunity under section 2-201 immunizes against liability for both negligence and willful and wanton misconduct
• repair of pothole in crosswalk was ministerial act for which a local government entity may be liable
• to maintain property is to keep it in a state of repair, and a repair is generally considered a ministerial act for which a defendant may be liable if negligently performed

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).