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NELSON v. HIX

No. 85-0447.

146 Ill. App.3d 486 (1986)

496 N.E.2d 1052

STEPHEN NELSON, Special Adm'r of the Estate of Marjorie Nelson, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LINDA F. HIX, Defendant (Arthur R. Nelson, Defendant-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Rehearing denied September 23, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter R. Coladarci, of Patrick J. Kenneally, Ltd., of Chicago, for appellant.

Herbert P. Carlson, of Iversen, Carlson & Associates, of Chicago, for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE SCHNAKE delivered the opinion of the court:

The sole issue to be decided on appeal is whether the law of a married couple's domicile or the law of the place of the injury controls their capacity to sue one another in tort. The trial court applied the law of the place of the injury and dismissed the complaint. We reverse.

Arthur and Marjorie Nelson, husband and wife residents of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, were visiting...

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