VAUGHN v. GRANITE CITY STEEL DIVISION OF NATIONAL STEEL CORP.

No. 5-89-0517.

576 N.E.2d 874 (1991)

217 Ill. App.3d 46

159 Ill.Dec. 951

Vivian VAUGHN, Administratrix of the Estate of George Vaughn, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GRANITE CITY STEEL DIVISION OF NATIONAL STEEL CORPORATION, a corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied August 22, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Churchill & McDonnell, Belleville (Joseph B. McDonnell, of counsel), for defendantappellant.

George J. Moran, Sr., John Long, Harry J. Sterling, Troy, for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice GOLDENHERSH, delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Vivian Vaughn, as administratrix of the estate of George Vaughn, deceased, brought an action in the circuit court of Madison County to recover damages from defendant, Granite City Steel Division of National Steel Corporation, under the Wrongful Death Act (the Act) (Ill. Rev.Stat.1983, ch. 70, par. 1 et seq.). Following a jury trial, a verdict was returned in favor of plaintiff in the amount...

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