LAVAZZI v. MCDONALD'S CORP.

No. 2-92-0163.

606 N.E.2d 845 (1992)

239 Ill. App.3d 403

179 Ill.Dec. 1013

Gema LAVAZZI, Adm'x of the Estate of Cayetano Lavazzi, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. McDONALD'S CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee (Weiler and Company et al., Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs; Otto and Sons, Inc., Third-Party Defendant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

December 31, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy I. Peregrine, Stime, Newman, Ritzman & Bruckner, Ltd., Wheaton, Keith L. Davidson, Louis G. Davidson & Associates, Ltd., Chicago, for Gema Lavazzi, Administrator.

Mr. Michael J. Pavlisin, and John J. O'Connor, McKenna, Storer, Rowe, White & Farrug, Wheaton, for McDonald's Corp.

Horvath & Wigoda, Chicago, Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee, Wis., for Weiler & Co.

French Kezelis Kominiarek, Chicago, for Boldt Industries.

Sweeney & Riman, Ltd., Chicago, for Otto & Sons.


Justice UNVERZAGT delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Gema Lavazzi, administratrix of the estate of her husband, Cayetano Lavazzi, brought an action against several defendants for the wrongful death of her husband. One of the defendants was McDonald's Corporation (McDonald's). In count IV of her amended complaint, the only count directed against McDonald's, plaintiff alleged that the negligence of McDonald's (hereinafter referred to as defendant) was one...

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