CONLEY v. PEOPLES GAS, LIGHT & COKE CO.

No. 79-493.

82 Ill. App.3d 1094 (1980)

403 N.E.2d 625

BESSIE CONLEY, Adm'x de bonis non of the Estate of Brenda Atkins, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PEOPLES GAS, LIGHT & COKE COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed March 31, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Riedy, Ltd., of Chicago (Anthony C. Sabbia, of counsel), for appellant.

William J. Winger, Barbara Baran, and David T. Hejna, all of Ross, Hardies, O'Keefe, Babcock & Parsons, and John D. Cassiday and Michael J. Morrissey, both of Cassiday, Schade & Gloor, both of Chicago, for appellees.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE STAMOS delivered the opinion of the court:

This wrongful-death action was brought originally by John Atkins, husband of the deceased, Brenda Atkins, acting as administrator of her estate, to recover damages for the alleged negligence of defendants in allowing carbon monoxide gas to escape and accumulate in the deceased's residence, resulting in her death. Atkins was succeeded by Claude Murphy as administrator who was himself...

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