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MATTYASOVSZKY v. WEST TOWNS BUS CO.

No. 46967.

61 Ill.2d 31 (1975)

330 N.E.2d 509

MATYAS MATTYASOVSZKY, Adm'r, Appellant, v. WEST TOWNS BUS COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed June 2, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Reilly and Quetsch, of Wheaton (Roger K. O'Reilly, of counsel), for appellant.

Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller, of Chicago (D. Kendall Griffith, of counsel), for appellee.

Jerome Mirza, of Bloomington, amicus curiae.

Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

Matyas Mattyasovszky, Jr., a 12-year-old boy, left a bus operated by the defendant, West Towns Bus Company, by the rear door at the wrong stop. When he attempted to reenter, his foot was apparently momentarily caught in the door, and he fell under the wheels and was killed as the bus moved forward. In this action, brought by his father as administrator of his estate, a jury found the...

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