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PRITCHETT v. STEINKER TRUCKING CO., INC.

No. 41050.

40 Ill.2d 510 (1968)

240 N.E.2d 684

JOE H. PRITCHETT, Admr., et al., Appellants, v. STEINKER TRUCKING COMPANY, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 24, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ROBERT P. SHONKWILER, of Monticello, and RICHARD J. WELSH, of Decatur, for appellants.

GREANIAS & OWEN, of Decatur, (ROBERT D. OWEN and MARSHALL A. SUSLER, of counsel,) for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

An action for wrongful death was brought in the circuit court of Piatt County by the administrator of the estate of Franklin Bowen, a deceased truck driver. The action was brought against the Steinker Trucking Company, owner of a truck which had collided head-on with the one driven by Bowen. The latter's widow and the owner of the truck he was driving joined as plaintiffs, seeking...

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