Court Opinion

ID: 9519432
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 01:16:24.35219+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:44:22.017765
License: Public Domain

Mr. Justice SchaEEER, dissenting: I agree with the majority that Mower v. Williams, 402 Ill. 486, was in error. An employee who drives a motor vehicle for a governmental agency does not thereby become clothed with governmental immunity. To the extent that Taylor v. City of Berwyn, 372 Ill. 124, announces a rule like that of the Mower case, it is likewise in error. But I dissent because I agree with the Appellate Court that the evidence shows no more than a mistake of judgment on the part of the defendant, and falls short of establishing wilful and wanton misconduct. Mr. Justice Hershey joins in this dissent.