JOHANEK v. RINGSBY TRUCK LINES, INC.

No. 86-238.

157 Ill. App.3d 140 (1987)

509 N.E.2d 1295

DONALD JOHANEK et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. RINGSBY TRUCK LINES, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed June 3, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McKenna, Storer, Rowe, White & Farrug, of Chicago (James P. DeNardo, Lyndon C. Molzahn, and Shaun McParland, of counsel), for appellants.

Drumke & Patterson, Ltd., of Chicago (Ronald A. Drumke and Robert B. Patterson, of counsel), for appellees.


Affirmed in part, and affirmed as modified in part.

PRESIDING JUSTICE McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Donald Johanek sought damages from defendants Ringsby Truck Lines, Inc., and Hobbs Trailers, a division of Fruehauf Corporation, for personal injuries suffered when the trailer brakes on his tractor-trailer unit failed and the vehicle crashed into a canyon wall in Utah. Johanek's wife, Ardice, sought damages for loss of consortium. A...

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