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MORRIS v. WILLIAM L. DAWSON NURSING CEN.

No. 86708.

719 N.E.2d 715 (1999)

187 Ill.2d 494

241 Ill.Dec. 586

Mary MORRIS, Adm'r of the Estate of Georgia Holland, Deceased, v. WILLIAM L. DAWSON NURSING CENTER, INC. (Charna Ervin, Appellee; Mary Morris et al., Appellants).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

September 23, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Reed Millsaps, Northbrook, for Appellants.

Jerome F. Crotty, Rieck & Crotty, P.C., Chicago, Karen L. Kendall, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C., Peoria, Carol L. Henderson, Gulfport, Mississippi, for Appellee.

Gordon R. Broom, Robert J. Evola, Burroughs, Hepler, Broom, MacDonald & Hebrank, Edwardsville, for amicus curiae Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel.

Justice HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

The issue in this case is whether, under the Wrongful Death Act (Act) (740 ILCS 180/2 (West 1998)), dependent brothers and sisters of a decedent may share in the proceeds of a successful wrongful death suit even though decedent is also survived by descendants. We hold that this issue is resolved by reference to the laws of intestate succession, and that under the facts of this case, decedent's grandchildren alone...

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