HERGET NATIONAL BANK v. BERARDI

No. 47972.

64 Ill.2d 467 (1976)

356 N.E.2d 529

THE HERGET NATIONAL BANK OF PEKIN, Adm'r, Appellee, v. JOSEPH BERARDI, Ex'r, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied November 12, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McConnell, Kennedy, McConnell & Morris, of Peoria, and Lord, Bissell & Brook, of Chicago (W. Thomas Johnston, Fred C. Begy III, and Hugh C. Griffin, of counsel), for appellant.

Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, of Peoria, and Frings, Hoffman & Bagley, of Pekin (James E. Bowles, John R. Bagley, and B. Douglas Stephens, Jr., of counsel), for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

On February 2, 1972, an airplane piloted by Darolde J. Petri crashed in Warren County in Tennessee, killing him and his wife, Betty L. Petri, who was a passenger. The plaintiff, the Herget National Bank, as the administrator of the estate of Betty L. Petri, brought an action under the Wrongful Death Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 70, pars. 1 and 2) in the circuit court of Tazewell...

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