REED v. WITVOET

No. 3-98-0838.

724 N.E.2d 553 (2000)

311 Ill. App.3d 735

243 Ill.Dec. 954

Elaine M. REED, as Special Adm'r for the estate of Thad Wells III, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James WITVOET, Sr., Defendant-Appellee (James Witvoet, Jr., Individually and d/b/a James Witvoet and Sons, J and B Fruit and Vegetable Farm, and J and J Implement, Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

February 1, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Rathsack (argued), Mark L. McNabola, Cogan & McNabola, Edward W. McNabola, Dowd & Dowd, Ltd., Chicago, for Elaine M, Reed.

James A. Witvoet, Sr. (argued), St. Anne, for James Witvoet, Jr., and James Witvoet, Sr.


Justice KOEHLER delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff in this wrongful death action, Elaine Reed, appeals the Kankakee County circuit court's grant of defendant James Witvoet, Sr.'s motion for summary judgment. We must decide whether the circuit court erred when it concluded that (1) the parents' violation of the Child Labor Law (820 ILCS 205/19 (West 1992)) barred their recovery of damages in a wrongful death action against the deceased minor's employer...

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