LONGSTREET v. COTTRELL, INC.

No. 5-06-0316.

871 N.E.2d 72 (2007)

Jean LONGSTREET, Individually and Special Administrator of the Estate of James Longstreet, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COTTRELL, INC., Lisa Shashek, Cassens & Sons, Inc., Cassens Corporation, General Motors Corporation, and Unknown Defendants, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied July 13, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Maag, Wendler Law, P.C., Edwardsville, for Appellant.

Karen L. Kendall, Peoria, for Cottrell, Inc.

Maureen A. McGlynn, McGlynn & Luther, St. Louis, MO, for Daimlerchrysler Corp.


Justice CHAPMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

We granted the plaintiff's Supreme Court Rule 308 (155 Ill.2d R. 308) application for leave to appeal on July 28, 2006. The basis of that application was the trial court's June 16, 2006, order granting Cottrell, Inc.'s motion to bar the use of James Longstreet's discovery deposition as evidence at a trial. All the defendants joined in this motion. We affirm.

James Longstreet was employed as a truck driver...

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