DOLDER v. MARTINTON TP.

No. 92-1705.

998 F.2d 499 (1993)

Anne DOLDER, Special Administratrix of the Estate of Lawrence Dolder, III, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MARTINTON TOWNSHIP, a municipal corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 8, 1993.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied August 26, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald A. Shapiro, Chicago, IL (argued), Richard Doyle, Doyle & Associates, Danville, IL, for plaintiff-appellee.

Sarah Hansen Sotos, Elizabeth A. Knight (argued), Jenna L. Schoeneman, Knight, Hoppe, Fanning & Knight, Des Plaines, IL, Kathryn James Anderlik, Judge & James, Park Ridge, IL, for defendant-appellant.

Before CUMMINGS and COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and WOOD, Jr., Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing In Banc Denied August 26, 1993.

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

At approximately 9:00 p.m., May 14, 1986, Richard Schoonveld drove a motorcycle off Pittwood Road in Martinton Township, Illinois ("Martinton" or "Township"), and struck a parked trailer. The violent impact of the crash caused the instant death of Lawrence Dolder, III ("decedent"), the passenger riding on the back of Schoonveld's cycle. Schoonveld survived. Dolder...

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