Conduct During Pool Outing Costs Park District $18.5M

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In most cases involving personal injury, the court seeks to determine negligence. However, when the defendant is a governmental entity, sometimes the law requires that the plaintiff establish the higher standard of willful and wanton conduct.

Willful and wanton conduct is defined as a course of action that shows an actual or deliberate intention to cause harm or, if not intentional, shows an utter indifference to or a conscious disregard for the safety of others. A good example of willful and wanton misconduct is found in Andrzej Kolodziej, as Independent Administrator of the Estate of Michal Duda v. Justice Park District, 2020 IL App (1st) 191032-U.
 

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