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KARAGIANNAKOS v. GRUBER

No. 1-93-4362.

653 N.E.2d 932 (1995)

274 Ill.App.3d 155

210 Ill.Dec. 737

Steve KARAGIANNAKOS, and Demetria Toula Karagiannakos, Anthony Karagiannakos, Koula Karagiannakos, and Maria Karagiannakos, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Benjamin GRUBER, M.D., Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

July 24, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Callaghan & Associates, P.C.; Joseph Michael O'Callaghan, Jennifer A. Schmidt, of counsel, Chicago, for appellants.

Clausen Miller Gorman Caffrey & Witous, P.C.; James T. Ferrini, Dominick W. Savaiano, William A. Rogers, of counsel, Chicago, for appellee.

Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

In Illinois, today, when a parent dies because of someone else's negligence, that parent's child and spouse may bring loss of consortium claims against the wrongdoer.

If, instead of dying, the parent is severely and permanently injured, the spouse still may bring a claim against the wrongdoer. The child cannot.

In this appeal, the minor plaintiffs ask:...

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