GEELAN v. CITY OF KANKAKEE

No. 3-92-0247.

605 N.E.2d 1015 (1992)

239 Ill. App.3d 528

179 Ill.Dec. 1

Marilyn GEELAN, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Brenda Geelan, Deceased, and Steven Geelan, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF KANKAKEE, Township of Kankakee, County of Kankakee, and Illinois Central Gulf Railroad, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

December 14, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marilyn and Steven Geelan pro se.

Harry A. Schroeder (argued), Law Offices of Harry A. Schroeder, Chicago Heights, for Marilyn and Steven Geelan.

Francis D. Morrissey, Thomas F. Tobin, Michael A. Pollard, Thomas W. Cushing (argued), Lorrie A. Vick, Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, for Illinois Central Gulf R.R.

No Appearance for Township of Kankakee, County of Kankakee and City of Kankakee.


Justice McCUSKEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff appeals the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant in a negligence action involving an automobile collision with an underpass pier. Plaintiff the trial court erred in finding the plaintiff could not establish any facts showing proximate causation between defendant's alleged negligence and the death of plaintiff's decedent. We agree with...

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