Daly allows negligence suit over fatal fall from Poplar Street bridge to go forward
Wulff BENTON – Poplar Street Bridge contractors must defend a claim that their negligence caused the fatal fall of Washington Park auxiliary policeman Ricardo Davis, U.S. Magistrate Judge Reona Daly ruled on May 18. Daly relied on an Illinois appellate court decision from 1991, finding contractors owe a duty to persons they might reasonably expect to be in the vicinity. She found allegations of acts or omissions taken by defendants in relation to fall risks adequately addressed foreseeability and proximate cause. Davis died in pursuit of criminal suspects, ...
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