MOSS v. WHITAKER

No. 4-90-0831.

573 N.E.2d 333 (1991)

214 Ill. App.3d 89

157 Ill.Dec. 915

Thom MOSS, as Administrator of the Estate of David W. Hesler, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James A. WHITAKER and Ben Whitaker, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

June 5, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilson, Dyar, Moss & Statzer, Decatur (Darrell E. Statzer, Jr. of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

James V. Mancuso, Jr., Decatur, for defendants-appellees.


Justice GREEN delivered the opinion of the court:

In this case we are again requested to hold that in a proceeding under the Wrongful Death Act (Act) (Ill.Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 70, pars. 1 through 2.2) a personal representative may recover on behalf of a sibling who is a next of kin for the loss of society and companionship of the decedent. We refused to do so in Carter v. Chicago & Illinois Midland Ry. Co. (1988), 168 Ill.App.3d 652<...

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