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PEOPLE v. ZYCH

No. 1-96-2223.

687 N.E.2d 141 (1997)

292 Ill. App.3d 1084

227 Ill.Dec. 218

The PEOPLE ex rel. ILLINOIS HISTORIC PRESERVATION AGENCY and Department of Transportation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Harry ZYCH, d/b/a American Diving and Salvage Company; Lady Elgin Foundation, Inc.; and CIGNA Property Casualty Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

October 31, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Chicago, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Paul N. Keller, Park Ridge, for Defendants-Appellees.

Richard T. Robol, Columbus, OH, Amicus Curiae.

Presiding Justice GREIMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

In 1860, a ship named the Lady Elgin sank in Lake Michigan following a collision with the schooner Augusta. In 1989, 129 years later, defendant Harry Zych discovered the shipwreck. The instant action concerns competing claims to the ownership of the wreckage.

Plaintiff, the State of Illinois ex rel. Illinois Historic Preservation Agency and Department of Transportation (the...

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