THOMAS v. CAGWIN

Gen. No. 11,680.

43 Ill. App.2d 336 (1963)

193 N.E.2d 233

Phillip Thomas, as Administrator, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Merritt E. Cagwin, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District, First Division.

October 14, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Brien, Burnell, Puckett & Barnett, of Aurora (Wilson D. Burnell and Richard J. Larson, of counsel), for certain defendants-appellants and cross-appellees, Merritt E. Cagwin, d/b/a M.E. Cagwin Trucking Co., and Orrin Sheer.

Sears, Streit, Dreyer & Foote, of Aurora (John E. Dreyer, of counsel), for defendant-cross-appellee, John W. Popenhagen. Reid, Ochsenschlager, Murphy & Hupp, of Aurora (William C. Murphy, Lambert M. Ochsenschlager and Gilbert X. Drendel, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees and cross-appellants, Phillip Thomas, Administrator of the Estate of Dorothy Thomas, Deceased and Lawrence A. Chidester, Administrator of the Estates of Kim Chidester, Robin Chidester and Richard Chidester, Jr., deceased.


McNEAL, P.J.

This appeal involves a motor vehicle collision in which seven persons were killed. The several death actions were consolidated for trial by jury, verdicts were returned for the plaintiffs, judgments were entered thereon, and this appeal followed.

The collision occurred at about 5:45 p.m. on November 11, 1960, south of Elburn in Kane County, on a curve on route 47, an 18-foot concrete highway running...

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