Appellate Court of Illinois March 31, 1998, 1-96-2978 (Independent Trust Corp. v. City of Chicago Department of Water)

JUSTICE McNAMARA

delivered the opinion of the court:

These three consolidated cases arose from an incident on February 20, 1994, in which water flooded the basement of the building located on the corner of Wells and Randolph Streets, known as 205 West Randolph Street in the City of Chicago (the building).