PHILLIPS v. JOHNSON

No. 3-91-0345.

599 N.E.2d 4 (1992)

231 Ill. App.3d 890

174 Ill.Dec. 458

Joan PHILLIPS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dale JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing August 26, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Fleming (argued), Cusack & Fleming, P.C., Peoria, John F. Kamin, Quinn, Johnston, Henderson & Pretorius, Peoria, for Joan Phillips.

Douglas D. Mustain (argued), Mustain & Lindstrom, Galesburg, John T. Pepmeyer, Pepmeyer & Pepmeyer, Galesburg, for Dale Johnson.


Justice BARRY delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Joan Phillips appeals from the dismissal of her complaint for damages allegedly arising out of sexual abuse committed against her by defendant, Dale Johnson, when she was a child.

Plaintiff was 35 years old when she filed her complaint in the circuit court of Knox County on August 21, 1990. She alleged that defendant is her uncle, that at various times while she was a minor defendant touched and fondled...

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