A woman is suing over claims she was injured when a city bus moved while she was attempting to board it.
Diamond Ziegler filed a lawsuit July 10 in the Cook County Circuit Court against the Chicago Transit Authority, alleging negligence.
According to the complaint, Ziegler was attempting to board a crowded CTA bus at State and Jackson streets on July 31, 2013, when the driver closed the doors on Ziegler.
Ziegler is seeking more than $50,000 in damages and is being represented by attorney Bennett J. Baker of Goldberg, Weisman & Cairo Ltd. in Chicago.
Cook County Circuit Court Case No. 2014L007253.
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