MURPHY v. URSO

Nos. 53425, 53547.

88 Ill.2d 444 (1981)

430 N.E.2d 1079

JOYCE ANN MURPHY, Appellee, v. MARILYN URSO et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied January 29, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baker & McKenzie, of Chicago (Francis D. Morrissey, Norman J. Barry, Jr., and Richard H. Donahue, of counsel), for appellant The Traveler's Indemnity Company of Illinois et al.

Raymond R. Cusack, of Johnson, Cusack & Bell, Ltd., of Chicago (Thomas H. Fegan, of counsel), for appellant Marilyn Urso et al.

George T. Murphy, Jr., of Chicago (Sidney Z. Karasik, of counsel), for appellee.


Reversed and remanded. Appellate court affirmed in part and reversed in part; circuit court affirmed in part and reversed in part; cause remanded.

JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

These consolidated cases arose from the same incident — a traffic accident in which Joyce Murphy was injured when the van in which she was riding and which was traveling at excessive speed struck several parked cars. In cause No. 53547, Murphy sued the driver...

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