SCHREMPF v. NEW ENGLAND MUT. LIFE INS.

No. 81-178.

103 Ill. App.3d 408 (1982)

431 N.E.2d 402

JAMES E. SCHREMPF, Special Adm'r of the Estate of Victor G. Null, Deceased, for the benefit of Tanya Kay Null et al., Minors, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Rehearing denied February 24, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Quinn, of Wood River, and P. Terence Crebs and J. Reed Johnston, Jr., both of Peper, Martin, Jensen, Maichel & Hetlage, of St. Louis, Missouri, for appellant New England Mutual Life Insurance Company.

Harold A. Donovan, of Donovan, Hatch and Constance, of Belleville, for appellant William S. Comfort.

James T. Williamson, of Williamson, Webster and Blaine, Ltd., of Alton, and Don B. Sommers and Prudence W. Kramer, both of Don B. Sommers, Inc., of St. Louis, Missouri, for appellee.


Judgment reversed.

JUSTICE WELCH delivered the opinion of the court:

Shirley Ann Null, widow of Victor G. Null, brought this wrongful death action in 1980 in the Circuit Court of Madison County, on behalf of the two Null children, against New England Mutual Life Insurance Co. and its agent William S. Comfort. Subsequently, James E. Schrempf, special administrator of the estate of Victor G. Null, deceased, was substituted for Shirley Ann Null as plaintiff in...

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