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DROBNEY v. FEDERAL SIGN & SIGNAL CORP.

No. 4-88-0687.

182 Ill. App.3d 471 (1989)

539 N.E.2d 186

GEORGE JOSEPH DROBNEY, Adm'r of the Estate of Bridget Margaret Drobney, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FEDERAL SIGN AND SIGNAL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Modified on denial of rehearing June 6, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rick Verticchio and Thomas J. Verticchio, both of Verticchio & Verticchio, of Gillespie, for appellant.

Edward Szewczyk, of Donovan, Rose, Nester & Szewczyk, P.C., of Belleville, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE KNECHT delivered the opinion of the court:

On July 13, 1985, three men in rural Macoupin County activated a red "police light" on their car, causing 16-year-old Bridget Drobney to stop. The men "arrested" Bridget and drove her to a nearby cornfield where they raped and killed her. (See People v. Hines (1988), 165 Ill.App.3d 289, ...

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