WATKINS v. SCHMITT

No. 78482.

665 N.E.2d 1379 (1996)

172 Ill.2d 193

Joanne WATKINS, Indiv. and as Special Adm'r of the Estates of Joseph Hansen and Howard Hansen, Deceased, Appellant, v. Neil SCHMITT et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

April 30, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry A. Spevack, of Monico, Pavish & Spevack, and Steven J. Seidman, Chicago, for appellant.

William V. Johnson and William A. Geiser, of Johnson & Bell, Ltd., Chicago (Thomas H. Fegan and Mindy Kallus, of counsel), for appellees Neil Schmitt & Meyer Material Co.

Leo J. Sullivan III of Sullivan, Smith, Hauser & Noonan, Ltd., Waukegan, for appellees Sharon Bracher & Fox Lake School District No. 114.


Justice HARRISON delivered the opinion of the court:

This case arises out of an automobile collision that took place on Route 12 and the Lake Vista Terrace intersection in Fox Lake, Illinois, on November 28, 1990, at approximately 2:25 p.m. Joseph and Howard Hansen, brothers and high school students, died when the red Ford Escort Joseph was driving was struck by a cement truck. Joanne Watkins, mother and as special administrator of the estates of Joseph and Howard...

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