GARDNER v. NAVISTAR INTERN. TRANSP. CORP.

No. 4-90-0686.

571 N.E.2d 1107 (1991)

213 Ill. App.3d 242

157 Ill.Dec. 88

Vera GARDNER, As Executrix of the Estate of Homer E. Gardner, Deceased, and for the next of kin of Homer E. Gardner, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION CORP., Successor in Interest to International Harvester Company, Defendantr-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

May 2, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cook, Shevlin, Keefe, Ysursa, Brauer & Bartholomew, Ltd., Belleville; Bruce N. Cook and Harriet H. Hamilton, of counsel, for plaintiff-appellant.

Michael S. Sundermeyer, Thomas M. Patton, Williams & Connolly, Washington, D.C., and A. James Shafter, Kehart, Shafter, Hughes & Webber, Decatur, for defendant-appellee.


Justice STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court:

This case involves an appeal from the trial court's granting of summary judgment, necessitating that we reexamine the evidentiary foundations required before summary judgment is entered. As part of this reexamination, we will analyze Supreme Court Rule 191 (134 Ill.2d R. 191), dealing with affidavits submitted in support of motions for summary judgment.

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