Illinois Supreme Court April 3, 1979, 50992 (Cooney v. Society of Mt. Carmel)

MR. JUSTICE KLUCZYNSKI

delivered the opinion of the court:

The issue here is whether the notice requirement of the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 85, par. 8—102) is applicable to private schools.

In 1969 plaintiff, Gary Dean Cooney, was a 13-year-old student at Mt.