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THOMAS v. NELSON BROTHERS FURNITURE CO.

No. 87-680.

167 Ill. App.3d 49 (1988)

520 N.E.2d 1078

HELEN THOMAS, Adm'x of the Estate of Joe Frank Thomas, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NELSON BROTHERS FURNITURE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee (Hal Smith et al., Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed March 1, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Porn, Ltd., of Chicago (Michael W. Rathsack, of counsel), for appellant.

Tenney & Bentley, of Chicago (Richard J. Cochran and Edward Eshoo, Jr., of counsel), for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE STAMOS delivered the opinion of the court:

On November 27, 1978, a southbound vehicle struck and killed six-year-old Joe Frank Thomas (Thomas) while he was crossing Wabash Avenue in Chicago. Just before striking Thomas, Josie Eubanks (Eubanks), driver of the southbound vehicle, veered around a Nelson Brothers Furniture Company (Nelson Brothers) truck that Hal Smith (Smith), a Nelson Brothers employee, had parked on the west side...

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