SNEED v. HOWELL

No. 5-97-1066.

716 N.E.2d 336 (1999)

306 Ill. App.3d 1149

240 Ill.Dec. 203

John C. SNEED, Independent Administrator of the Estate of Sandra Marie Sneed, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Billie E. HOWELL, the City of Mt. Vernon, and Gary Duncan, Jefferson County State's Attorney, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

August 26, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharron M. Gholson, McLeansboro, Michael D. McHenry, Mt. Vernon, for Appellant.

Bruce L. Carmen, Charles A. Pierce, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago, for City of Mt. Vernon.

Elizabeth A. Knight, Paul Regelbrugge, Knight, Hoppe, Fanning & Knight, Ltd., Des Plaines, for Gary Duncan.


Justice GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

On June 6, 1997, plaintiff John C. Sneed, independent administrator of the estate of Sandra Marie Sneed, deceased (hereinafter decedent), filed an 11-count complaint against defendants Billie E. Howell, the City of Mt. Vernon (hereinafter the City), and Jefferson County State's Attorney Gary Duncan (hereinafter the State's Attorney). The complaint alleged that Howell killed decedent between 11:20 p.m. on July...

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