CATES v. CATES

No. 73630.

619 N.E.2d 715 (1993)

156 Ill.2d 76

189 Ill.Dec. 14

Heather CATES, a Minor, et al., Appellees, v. Timothy CATES et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

August 26, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore J. MacDonald, Jr., and J. Todd Hayes, Burroughs, Hepler, Broom, MacDonald & Hebrank, Edwardsville, for appellants.

Rhonda Fiss, Neubauer & Fiss, Fairview Heights, for appellees.


Justice FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

On June 9, 1985, Heather Cates, aged 4 years, was a passenger in an automobile driven by her father, Timothy Cates. At the time, Cates was transporting his girlfriend, her minor son and Heather to his home for the evening. As Cates' auto approached an intersection of two State highways, it collided with an automobile driven by Phillip Darwin. Heather was seriously injured as a result of the accident. At the time...

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