VAN DE VEIRE v. SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO.

No. 87-0867.

178 Ill. App.3d 794 (1989)

533 N.E.2d 994

SHEILA VAN DE VEIRE et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SEARS, ROEBUCK & COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed January 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey B. Sussman and Gilbert J. Ross, both of Sussman, Selig & Ross, and David A. Novoselsky & Associates, both of Chicago (David A. Novoselsky and Kathleen M. Krist, of counsel), for appellants.

John W. Bell, of Johnson, Cusack & Bell, Ltd., of Chicago (Thomas H. Fegan, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs appeal from the dismissal of their cause of action against defendant for failure to state a cause of action for minor children's loss of society resulting from the non-fatal injury to their mother. We address the issue of whether Illinois recognizes a minor child's cause of action for the loss of his parent's society due to a non-fatal injury. For the following reasons, we affirm...

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