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THOMPSON v. COUNTY OF COOK

No. 1-90-1547.

584 N.E.2d 170 (1991)

222 Ill. App.3d 459

164 Ill.Dec. 958

Kathleen THOMPSON, individually and as administrator of the estate of Richard Thompson, deceased, and Jamie Lynn Thompson, a minor, by her mother and next friend, Kathleen Thompson, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. COUNTY OF COOK and the Cook County Superintendent of Highways, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Rehearing Denied December 17, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack O'Malley, State's Atty. of Cook County, Chicago (Joan S. Cherry, Deputy State's Atty., Frank J. Oles, Asst. State's Atty., of counsel), for defendants-appellants.

Roy D. Simon, Jr., Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Mo. (Tom Leahy, Leahy & Donovan, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Presiding Justice SCARIANO delivered the opinion of the court:

An intoxicated driver, while exceeding the speed limit, went off a highway alleged to have been lacking in proper warning signs, causing the death of his intoxicated passenger. The issue is whether the deceased's widow, minor child and personal representative may recover damages for his death under the provisions of the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act. Ill.Rev.Stat. 1981...

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