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JACKSON v. ALVEREZ

No. 4-04-0238.

831 N.E.2d 1159 (2005)

358 Ill. App.3d 555

294 Ill.Dec. 834

Mary Louise JACKSON, Administratrix of the Estate of Exavier Lee Jackson, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Aracoli ALVEREZ, Individually, and Carolyn Goforth, Individually, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied August 1, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen E. Wall (argued), of Spiros & Wall, P.C., of Danville, for appellant.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, of Chicago (Gary S. Feinerman, Solicitor General, and Nadine J. Wichern and Brett E. Legner (argued), Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for appellees.

Justice STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court:

Decedent, Exavier Lee Jackson, was 16 years old and a resident of Lincoln Developmental Center (a State of Illinois facility) when he died in July 2001. In August 2002, Exavier's grandmother, plaintiff Mary Louise Jackson, as administratrix of Exavier's estate, sued two employees of the Center, defendants Aracoli Alverez and Carolyn Goforth, for negligently causing Exavier's death. In March 2004, the trial court...

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