AFFATATO v. JEWEL COMPANIES, INC.

No. 1-91-1402.

632 N.E.2d 137 (1994)

259 Ill. App.3d 787

198 Ill.Dec. 78

Shirley AFFATATO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JEWEL COMPANIES, INC., and the City of Chicago, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

March 22, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holstein, Mack & Klein, Chicago (David L. Poindexter, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Pope, Cahill & Devine, Chicago (Richard A. Devine, Francis A. Citera and Patricia McMahon, of counsel), for appellee Jewel.

Corporation Counsel's Office of the City Chicago, (Susan S. Sher, Lawrence Rosenthal, Benna Ruth Solomon and Bobbie McGee Gregg, of counsel), for defendants-appellees City of Chicago.


Justice McCORMICK delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Shirley Affatato, sued Jewel Companies, Inc., for selling milk contaminated with salmonella which caused her husband, Anthony.Affatato, to suffer salmonellosis before his death, and which caused his death. Jewel conceded liability for suffering before death, but argued that the salmonella did not cause death. Plaintiff appeals from the judgment entered on the jury's verdict for Jewel on wrongful death...

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