WALLACE v. SMYTH

No. 1-97-0467.

762 N.E.2d 83 (2001)

327 Ill. App.3d 411

260 Ill.Dec. 817

Shandoulia WALLACE, Indiv. and as Adm'r of the Estate of Waketta Roy Wallace, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John P. SMYTH, Paul Voltz, Laura Angelucci, and Xavier Collier, Indiv. and as Agents and Employees of Maryville Academy, and Maryville Academy, a Not-For-Profit Corporation; Jill Jacobe, Jim Geidner, and Dee Le Bel, R.N., Indiv. and as Employees of Maryville Academy, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

December 18, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley L. Hill & Associates, Chicago, for Appellant.

Jeffrey Edward Kehl and Robert C. Yelton, III, Yelton & Kehl, Ltd. (John C.O'Malley and Francis D. Morrissey, of counsel), Chicago. for Appellees.

Patrick T. Murphy, Peter J. Scmiedel, Charles P. Golbert, and Jill Runk, Office of the Public Guardian, and Bruce A. Boyer, Northwestern University School of Law, Stacey E. Piatt, Loyola University of Law, and James D. Montgomery and Thomas C. Marshes, and Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Cochran, Cherry, Givens, Smith and Montgomery, L.L.C., and Robert A. Clifford Law Offices, Chicago, for Amici Curiae in support of appellants.

James A. Serritella and James C. Geoly, Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C., Chicago, for Amicus Curiae in support of appellees, Child Care Association of Illinois.


Justice McBRIDE delivered the opinion of the court.

This court has previously rendered an opinion in the instant case. Wallace v. Smyth, 301 Ill.App.3d 75, 234 Ill.Dec. 555, 703 N.E.2d 416, (1998). The supreme court, in the exercise of its supervisory authority, has now remanded the case to us for additional consideration in light of its decision...

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