ANDERSON v. ALBERTO-CULVER USA, INC.

Nos. 1-01-2189, 1-01-2781.

789 N.E.2d 304 (2003)

337 Ill. App.3d 643

273 Ill.Dec. 404

Craig ANDERSON, Special Administrator of the Estate of Catherine Anderson, Plaintiff, v. ALBERTO-CULVER USA, INC., Aon Corporation, Village of Wheeling, City of Prospect Heights and Palwaukee Municipal Airport Commission, Defendants. Teresa P. Whitener, as Independent Administrator of the Estate of Robert Hampton Whitener, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Aon Corporation and Aon Aviation, Inc., Defendants/Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants (The Estate of Martin L. Koppie, Defendant, v. Alberto-Culver Company and Alberto-Culver USA, Inc., Third-Party Defendants-Appellees). Jacqueline L. Quern, Independent Executor of the Estate of Arthur Quern, Plaintiff, v. Alberto-Culver USA, Inc., Aon Corporation, Village of Wheeling, City of Prospect Heights, and Palwaukee Municipal Airport Commission, Defendants. Kalyn Alwin and Devin Koppie, Co-Administrators of the Estate of Martin Larry Koppie, Plaintiffs, v. Village of Wheeling, City of Prospect Heights, Palwaukee Municipal Airport Commission, Alberto-Culver USA, Inc., Alberto-Culver International, Inc., Alberto-Culver Company, and Teresa P. Whitener, as Independent Administrator of the Estate of Robert Hampton Whitener, Defendants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

Rehearing Denied April 4, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merlo, Kanofsky & Brinkmeier, Ltd., Chicago (Alan J. Brinkmeier, of counsel), for Appellants.

Adler, Murphy & McQuillen (Michael G. McQuillen, James F. Murphy and Thomas S. Flanigon, of counsel), for Appellee Albert-Culver.

Latherow Law Office, Chicago (Jerry A. Latherow and Charles A. Porretta, of counsel), and Michael W. Rathsack, Chicago, for Appellee Whitener.


Justice HARTMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

A private airplane crash at Palwaukee Municipal Airport (Palwaukee) outside Chicago resulted in the deaths of all four people aboard, including Martin Larry Koppie (Koppie), senior pilot and captain for defendant, Aon Aviation, Inc. (Aon Aviation); Robert Hampton Whitener (Whitener), pilot for defendants, Alberto-Culver USA, Inc., Alberto-Culver Company (Alberto-Culver Co.) and Alberto-Culver International, Inc....

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