FINNEGAN v. LES POURVOIRIES FORTIER, INC.

Nos. 1-88-0370, 1-88-0382, 1-88-0523 and 1-88-0553.

562 N.E.2d 989 (1990)

205 Ill. App.3d 17

150 Ill.Dec. 186

Mary Ann FINNEGAN, as Special Administrator of the Estate of John Finnegan, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LES POURVOIRIES FORTIER, INC., et al., Defendant-Appellee. Susan LASKY, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Richard R. Samson, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LES POURVOIRIES FORTIER, INC., et al., Defendant-Appellee. AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF CHICAGO, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Joseph Sukzda, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LES POURVOIRIES FORTIER, INC., et al., Defendant-Appellee. Geraldine KEARNS, as Administrator of the Estate of Edward Kearns, Jr., Deceased, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LES POURVOIRIES FORTIER, INC., et al., Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Rehearing Denied November 16, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Kennelly, Chicago (Joseph A. Bosco, Kevin M. Forde, John J. Kennelly, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Corboy & Demetrio, P.D., Chicago (Philip H. Corboy, Kenneth C. Miller, Joy L. Sparling, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant, Robert J. Langkamp.

Arvey, Hodes, Costello & Burman, Chicago (George L. Grumley, Rosemarie J. Guadnolo, Thomas F. Sax, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant, Geraldine Kearns, et al.

Haskell & Perrin, Chicago (Donald M. Haskell, Michael J. Sehr, Andrew Kochanowski, of counsel), for defendant and cross-defendant-appellee, Les Pourvoiries Fortier, Inc.


Justice SCARIANO delivered the opinion of the court:

These consolidated appeals arise from an airplane crash on September 30, 1985, in Quebec, Canada, in which all persons aboard perished, including the pilot and six Illinois residents. The appeals are taken from the dismissal of the actions for damages brought by the estates of four of the deceased Illinoisans.

At the time of the accident, the victims were enroute from a caribou hunting trip in northern Quebec...

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