WILKINS v. DEPT. OF PUBLIC AID

No. 78-434.

73 Ill. App.3d 504 (1979)

392 N.E.2d 52

JOANN WILKINS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AID et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed June 4, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Chicago (Myra Turner, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), for appellants.

Clinton J. Thurston and Kerry D. Hunter, both of Thurston & Associates, of Cairo, for appellee.


Order reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE KASSERMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises from an adjudication by the circuit court of a Department of Public Aid lien filed against the proceeds of an insurance policy payable for the damages sustained by plaintiff, JoAnn Wilkins, who was injured in an automobile accident on August 29, 1977.

The policy was owned by plaintiff's mother, Ruby Wilkins,...

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