Chicago Housing Authority sued for slip and fall death
Chicago Now is reporting that a lawsuit has been filed in Cook County Circuit Court against the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) for the death of a Cabrini-Green resident who fell to his death in an elevator shaft on Monday night.
The man, Clarence Allan Walker, lived at 365 W. Oak Street-- one of the two remaining Cabrini-Green Red buildings still standing. According to court documents, when he tried to use the elevator on Monday night, he "was caused to slip and fall to his death onto the bottom of the elevator shaft.” His wrongful death suit claims that the elevator failed to give service and had a history of poor maintenance and poor performance and that the CHA failed to inspect the elevator in accordance with the American National Elevator Safety Code
The lawsuit alleges two causes of action against the Housing Authority, and is asking for an amount in excess $50,000 for each.
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