LOCKETT v. BI-STATE TRANSIT AUTHORITY

No. 56196.

94 Ill.2d 66 (1983)

445 N.E.2d 310

ALTHER LOCKETT, Adm'r, Appellant, v. BI-STATE TRANSIT AUTHORITY et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 24, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome J. Schlichter and Jeanne Sathre, of Cohn, Carr, Korein, Kunin, Schlichter & Brennan, of East St. Louis, for appellant.

James McGlynn and John D. Wendler, of McGlynn & McGlynn, of Belleville, for appellees.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, as administrator of the estate of Constance Hilliard (decedent), instituted this wrongful death action in the circuit court of St. Clair County against defendant, Bi-State Transit Authority, after Constance Hilliard died of injuries sustained when she was struck by defendant's bus. Defendant's driver, Claude E. Leslie, was also originally named...

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