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BROWN v. METZGER

No. 59370.

104 Ill.2d 30 (1984)

470 N.E.2d 302

JULIA BROWN, Appellee, v. PATRICK D. METZGER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 19, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sullivan, Smith, Hauser & Noonan, Ltd., of Waukegan (Michael K. Noonan, of counsel), for appellant.

Alfred L. O'Connor, of Waukegan (W. Elliott Dunn, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

At issue in this case is whether an injured party's release in settlement of a personal-injury action bars that party's spouse from maintaining an independent cause of action for loss of consortium. The case arose out of an automobile accident on March 30, 1980, when a car in which Eldridge Brown was a passenger was struck by a vehicle driven by Patrick Metzger. In 1981 Eldridge Brown...

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