LEWIS v. HAAVIG

No. 3-02-0250.

788 N.E.2d 758 (2003)

337 Ill. App.3d 1081

273 Ill.Dec. 167

Laurie LEWIS, as Administrator of the Estate of Wilford Lewis, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Thomas HAAVIG, III, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

March 28, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher W. Bohlen (argued), Barmann, Kramer & Bohlen, P.C., J. Scott Swaim, Swaim & Swaim, Ltd., Kankakee, for Laurie Lewis.

James W. Fessler (argued), Michael L. Resis, O'Hagan, Smith & Amundsen, Chicago, for Thomas Haavig, III.


Justice SLATER delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Laurie Lewis, as Administrator of the Estate of her deceased husband, Wilford Lewis, brought this wrongful death action against the defendant, Thomas Haavig, III. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $1,192,753 which was reduced by 40% for the decedent's comparative negligence resulting in a judgment of $715,651. The defendant filed...

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