MANESS v. SANTA FE PARK ENTERPRISES

No. 1-96-4215.

700 N.E.2d 194 (1998)

298 Ill. App.3d 1014

233 Ill.Dec. 93

Leanne MANESS, Indiv. and as Special Adm'r of the Estate of Edward L. Maness, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SANTA FE PARK ENTERPRISES, INC., d/b/a Santa Fe Speedway, and National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

August 27, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helen W. Mehok, of Chicago (Helen W. Mehok and Mary A. Mazuk, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Clausen Miller, P.C., Chicago (James T. Ferrini, Richard G. Howser, Jerome C. Studer and Melinda S. Kollross, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellees.


Justice McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff's decedent, Edward L. Maness (Maness), suffered an ultimately fatal heart attack while participating in a stock car race at Santa Fe Speedway (Santa Fe) on July 10, 1993. Plaintiff, Leanne Maness (plaintiff), filed suit individually and as special administrator of the estate of her husband, seeking damages as a result of Edward's death. On October 23, 1996, the trial court granted the motion of defendants...

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