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),
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