WILL v. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

Nos. 1-06-1566, 1-06-1642, 1-06-1643.

881 N.E.2d 481 (2007)

Linda A. WILL and George Wheeler, Jr., as Independent Coadministrators of the Estate of Rashidi Wheeler, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Charles Taylor, Randall Walker, Jerry Brown, Terrence ("Tory") Aggeler, Larry Lilja, Thomas Christian, Justin Chabot, Michael Rose, Mark Gardner, Howard Sweeney, Next Proteins, Inc., f/k/a Next Nutrition, Inc., d/b/a Next Proteins International, Ultimate Energy Company, The Ultimate Orange Energy Company, LLC, Cytodyne Technologies, Inc., Phoenix Laboratories, Inc., and General Nutrition Corporation, d/b/a General Nutrition Companies, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Numico NV, Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants (Northwestern University, Charles Taylor, Randall Walker, Jerry Brown, Terrence ("Tory") Aggeler, Larry Lilja, Thomas Christian, Justin. Chabot, and Michael Rose, Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellees; Next Proteins, Inc., f/k/a Next Nutrition, Inc., d/b/a Next Proteins International, Ultimate Energy Company, The Ultimate Orange Energy Company, LLC, Cytodyne Technologies, Inc., Phoenix Laboratories, Inc., and General Nutrition Corporation, d/b/a General Nutrition Companies, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Numico NV, Third-Party Defendants-Appellees; Cochran, Cherry, Givens, Smith & Montgomery, LLC, Petitioner-Appellee; Linda Will, Individually and as Coadministrator of the Estate of Rashidi Wheeler, Deceased, George Wheeler, III, Individually, and Hershel Will, Individually, Respondents-Appellants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

December 14, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Novoselsky Law Offices, David A. Novoselsky and Leslie J. Rosen, Chicago, for Respondents-Appellants.

Corboy & Demetrios Thomas A. Demetrio, Chicago; Herbolsheimer, Lannon, Henson, Duncan & Reagan, P.C., Michael T. Reagan, Ottawa, for Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Appellee George Wheeler, Jr.

Sidley Austin LLP, Eugene A. Schoon, Constantine L. Trela, Jr., and James R.M. Hemmings, Chicago, for Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

Michael W. Rathsack, Chicago (James D. Montgomery, James D. Montgomery, Jr., and Michael W. Rathsack, of counsel), for Petitioner-Appellee.


Presiding Justice FITZGERALD SMITH delivered the opinion of the court:

The instant cause involves multiple actions.

Plaintiffs-appellants and cross-appellees Linda A. Will (Linda) and George Wheeler, Jr. (George Jr.), as coadministrators of the estate of their deceased son, Rashidi Wheeler (Rashidi), filed a wrongful death and survival action against defendants-appellees and cross-appellants Northwestern University...

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