RALLO v. CROSSROADS CLINIC, INC.

No. 1-88-2507.

565 N.E.2d 15 (1990)

206 Ill. App.3d 676

151 Ill.Dec. 744

David RALLO, as special administrator of the estate of Denise Colangelo, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The CROSSROADS CLINIC, INC., a corporation, C. Sims, M.D., S.C., a professional corporation, and C. Sims, individually, Daniel Nwankwo, M.D., S.C., a professional corporation and Daniel Nwankwo, individually, P. Salter, R.N., and P. Salter, individually, Jean and Eve Alexandre, M.D., S.C., a professional corporation, and Jean Alexandre, individually, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied January 4, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Kenneally, Ltd., Chicago (Peter R. Coladarci, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Baker & McKenzie, Chicago (Francis D. Morrissey, Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., and Corinne Seither, of counsel), for defendants-appellees Jean and Eve Alexandre, M.D., S.C., and Jean Alexandre, M.D., individually.

French, Rogers, Kezelis & Kominiarek, P.C., Chicago (Algimantas Kezelis, Russell P. Veldenz and Mary M. Cunningham, of counsel), Pretzel & Stouffer, Chartered (Robert Marc Chemers, of counsel), for defendants-appellees The Crossroads Clinic.


Justice MANNING delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises from an order of the trial court, granting the defendants' motion to dismiss the decedent's mother and siblings as beneficiaries in a wrongful death action. The following issues are raised on appeal: (1) Whether the trial court properly dismissed the decedent's mother and siblings as beneficiaries in a wrongful death action when the decedent was survived by two minor children; (2) whether dismissal...

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