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VITRO v. MIHELCIC

No. 94231.

806 N.E.2d 632 (2004)

209 Ill.2d 76

282 Ill.Dec. 335

Mel VITRO et al., Indiv. and as Parents and Guardians of Dorothy Vitro, a Minor, Appellants, v. Alice S. MIHELCIC, M.D., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied March 22, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger D. Rudich, of Rudich, Rubens & Taradji, Chicago, and Peter A. Guerrero, of Roush, McCracken, Guerrero, Miller & Ortega, of Phoenix, Arizona, for appellants.

Cunningham, Meyer & Vedrine, Wheaton (William F. Cunningham and Robert L. Larsen, of counsel), for appellees.

Chief Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

The question presented in this appeal is whether a parent may recover for loss of the society and companionship of a child who is nonfatally injured. Under Illinois law, such a claim may be brought in a wrongful-death action. Bullard v. Barnes, 102 Ill.2d 505, 82 Ill.Dec. 448, 468 N.E.2d 1228 (1984). However, in Dralle v. Ruder...

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