MURO v. ABEL FREIGHT LINES, INC.

No. 1-94-2338.

669 N.E.2d 1217 (1996)

283 Ill. App.3d 416

218 Ill.Dec. 691

Hortencia MURO, individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Margarito R. Muro, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ABEL FREIGHT LINES, INC., an Illinois corporation, Fruehauf Trailer Corporation, a foreign corporation, and Ottawa Truck Corp., a foreign corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

August 26, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Callaghan & Associates, P.C., Chicago (Joseph Michael O'Callaghan and Jennifer A. Schmidt, of counsel), for Appellant.

Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago (Peter A. Walsh and Richard M. Craig, of counsel), for Appellee Abel Freight Lines, Inc.


Justice BRADEN delivered the opinion of the court:

On September 25, 1991, plaintiff, Hortencia Muro, filed a nine-count action in the circuit court of Cook County against defendants, Abel Freight Lines, Inc., Fruehauf Trailer Corporation and Ottawa Truck Corp., resulting from the death of her husband, Margarito Muro. Counts I through III were survival claims. Counts IV through VI were brought pursuant to the Wrongful Death Act (740 ILCS 180/0.01 et seq. (West...

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