HOLMGREN v. NAT. BIG-4 ASBESTOS REMOVAL SPECIALTY, INC.

No. 3-91-0570.

592 N.E.2d 1197 (1992)

228 Ill. App.3d 433

170 Ill.Dec. 517

Gianna A. HOLMGREN, Administrator of the Estate of Stephen William Holmgren, deceased, and Gianna Holmgren, Individually, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. NATIONAL BIG-4 ASBESTOS REMOVAL SPECIALTY, INCORPORATED, a corporation, and Michael L. Mosely, Defendants/Appellees. (Leonard W. Holmgren and Anne W. Holmgren, Petitioners/Appellants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

May 12, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel S. McHard, Katz, McAndrews, Balch, Lefstein & Fieweger, Rock Island, for Leonard W. and Anne W. Holmgren.

John A. Slevin, Vonachen, Lawless, Trager & Slevin, Peoria, for Gianna A. Holmgren.

No appearance for National Big-4 Asbestos and Michael L. Mosely.


Justice SLATER delivered the opinion of the court:

Petitioners, Leonard and Anne Holmgren, appeal from an order of the circuit court denying their petition to intervene in a wrongful death action stemming from the death of their son, Stephen Holmgren. The issue raised on appeal is whether the parents of a decedent are beneficiaries under the Wrongful Death Act (hereinafter the Act) (Ill.Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 70, par. 2) when the decedent leaves a surviving spouse. We...

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