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THURMOND v. MONROE

No. 74482.

636 N.E.2d 544 (1994)

159 Ill.2d 240

201 Ill.Dec. 112

Hugo THURMOND et al., Appellees, v. Ambrose MONROE, Indiv. and as Agent of Schwerman Trucking Company, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

May 19, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Jo Connelly, Sweeney & Riman Ltd., Chicago, for appellants.

Ronald M. Gonsky, Ltd., and Beermann, Swerdlove, Woloshin, Barezky, Becker, Genin & London (Alvin R. Becker, David C. Thomas and Timothy M. Kelly, of counsel), Chicago, for appellees.

Sharon A. Salinas, Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.

Justice NICKELS delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, Hugo Thurmond (Hugo) and his wife Barbara Thurmond (Barbara), brought a negligence action in the circuit court of Cook County. Their action arises out of an automobile collision between Hugo and defendant Ambrose Monroe as Hugo and Monroe were traveling in opposite directions on a two-lane highway on September 19, 1981. At the time of the collision, Monroe was driving a tractor-trailer truck on behalf...

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