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ELLIOTT v. WILLIS

No. 54308, 54373 cons.

92 Ill.2d 530 (1982)

442 N.E.2d 163

RONALD ELLIOTT et al., Ex'rs, et al., Appellants and Appellees, v. HILDA WILLIS et al., Appellees and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Modified on denial of rehearing November 24, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald N. Hanley, of Hanley, Traub & Hanley, of Fairbury, for appellants and appellees Ronald Elliott et al.

Costigan & Wollrab, of Bloomington, for appellees and appellants Hilda Willis et al.

George M. Elsener, Miles N. Beermann, and Susan L. Brody, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.

Affirmed in part and reversed in part and remanded.

JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

On April 13, 1976, Paul Elliott was killed as a result of a collision between the automobile he was driving and a pickup truck driven by defendant Hilda Willis. The executors of the estate filed a wrongful death action in the circuit court of McLean County pursuant to the Wrongful Death Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975...

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