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DREWS v. GOBEL FREIGHT LINES, INC.

No. 70365.

578 N.E.2d 970 (1991)

144 Ill.2d 84

161 Ill.Dec. 324

Jane DREWS, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Randall Drews, Deceased, and Indiv., Appellee, v. GOBEL FREIGHT LINES, INC., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied September 30, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Ferrini, Clausen, Miller, Gorman, Caffrey & Witous, Richard L. Berdelle, Pretzel & Stouffer, Chtd., Chicago, for Gobel Freight Lines.

Hofeld and Schaffner, Albert F. Hofeld, Chicago, for Jane Drews.

David B. Mueller, Cassidy & Mueller, Peoria, for amicus Illinois Association of Defense.

George M. Elsener, George M. Elsener & Associates, Chicago, for amicus Ill. Trial Lawyers Assoc.

David B. Mueller, Cassidy & Mueller, Peoria, for Illinois Assoc. of Defense.

Justice THOMAS J. MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Jane Drews, individually and as special administrator of the estate of her husband, Randall Drews (decedent), brought this lawsuit in the circuit court of Cook County against the defendant, Gobel Freight Lines, Inc., seeking recovery under the Survival Act (Ill.Rev.Stat.1983, ch. 110½, par. 27-6), the Wrongful Death Act (Ill.Rev.Stat.1983, ch. 70, par. 2), and the Rights of Married Women Act...

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