{"id":7639,"date":"2020-03-03T10:00:54","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T10:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/?p=7639"},"modified":"2020-03-01T13:51:11","modified_gmt":"2020-03-01T13:51:11","slug":"illinois-supreme-court-rules-that-metropolitan-water-reclamation-district-of-greater-chicago-was-not-entitled-to-summary-judgment-for-severe-injury-to-worker-of-contractor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-supreme-court-rules-that-metropolitan-water-reclamation-district-of-greater-chicago-was-not-entitled-to-summary-judgment-for-severe-injury-to-worker-of-contractor\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Supreme Court Rules That Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Was Not Entitled to Summary Judgment for Severe Injury to Contractor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The engineer who was in charge of supervising a construction project for the <a href=\"https:\/\/mwrd.org\/\">Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago<\/a> reportedly conceded he had not been aware of the hazardous condition that allegedly caused a 30-foot fall by a contractor\u2019s employee. The question that attracted dueling <em>amicus curiae<\/em> briefs in the Illinois Supreme Court was whether the Water District was entitled to an immunity for discretionary policy decisions under Section 2-201 of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/legislation\/ilcs\/ilcs5.asp?ActID=2062&amp;ChapterID=58\">Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With two of the seven Illinois Supreme Court justices dissenting, the Supreme Court concluded that Section 2-201, which grants immunity for acts or omissions involving discretionary policy decisions only applies if the defendant presents \u201cevidence of a conscious decision by its employee pertaining to the conduct alleged to have caused the plaintiff\u2019s injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And \u201cif the employee was totally unaware of the condition prior to the plaintiff being injured, he or she could not possible have exercised discretion with respect to that condition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-supreme-court-rules-that-metropolitan-water-reclamation-district-of-greater-chicago-was-not-entitled-to-summary-judgment-for-severe-injury-to-worker-of-contractor\/#more-7639\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The engineer who was in charge of supervising a construction project for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago reportedly conceded he had not been aware of the hazardous condition that allegedly caused a 30-foot fall by a contractor\u2019s employee. 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