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COUNTRYMAN v. COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

No. 84-290.

135 Ill. App.3d 384 (1985)

481 N.E.2d 1255

MARGARET COUNTRYMAN, Ex'r of Estate of Richard Countryman, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed August 2, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Doyle, State's Attorney, of Rockford (Patrick J. Winn, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for appellant.

Eugene E. Brassfield and Gary Kardell, both of Brassfield, Cowan & Howard, of Rockford, and Robert T. Chadwick, of Fearer & Nye, of Oregon, for appellee.

Affirmed in part, and reversed in part and remanded.

JUSTICE LINDBERG delivered the opinion of the court:

Margaret Countryman, executor of Richard Countryman's estate, brought a wrongful death action against Winnebago County in connection with her husband's death in the county's jail due the county's alleged negligence. The jury found for Margaret Countryman; found total damages amounted to $400,000; and reduced...

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