PALEN v. STRADER'S LOGGING

No. 5-91-0257.

612 N.E.2d 905 (1993)

243 Ill. App.3d 897

184 Ill.Dec. 29

Michael PALEN, Special Administrator of the Estate of Melissa M. Palen, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STRADER'S LOGGING and Brian K. Strader, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied May 27, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Reavy, Michael J. Pitzer, Rabbitt, Pitzer & Snodgrass, P.C., St. Louis, MO, Belleville Office, Belleville, for defendants-appellants.

Callis Law Firm, Granite City, for plaintiff-appellee.


Presiding Justice CHAPMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Michael Palen, filed this wrongful death action on behalf of Melissa M. Palen, deceased, who was killed in an automobile accident when her car was struck on September 9, 1987, by a logging truck driven by defendant Brian K. Strader in the course of his employment by defendant Strader's Logging. The trial court directed a verdict for plaintiff on the issues of defendants' liability and the decedent...

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