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· 12/15/1988

Majewski v. Chicago Park District

Citations

  • 532 N.E.2d 409
  • 177 Ill. App. 3d 337
  • 126 Ill. Dec. 724
  • 1988 Ill. App. LEXIS 1729

How courts have described this case

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  • plaintiff barred from recovery when injured by falling on movable broken glass on football field
  • immunity applied where plaintiff was injured while playing touch football on city field when he fell on broken glass
  • plaintiff’s allegation that the defendant park district knew or should have known that broken glass was present on its football field was insufficient to state a cause of action for willful and wanton conduct
  • willful and wanton conduct requires a conscious disregard for the safety of others
  • willful and wanton conduct insufficiently pleaded, where the plaintiff failed to plead facts stating why the defendant knew or should have known about dangerous condition—“facts that demonstrate a conscious disregard for the safety of others”
  • plaintiff injured by broken glass on football field

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Judges: Linn

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