THOMPSON v. GORDON

No. 110066.

948 N.E.2d 39 (2011)

241 Ill.2d 428

Corinne THOMPSON, Appellee, v. Christie GORDON et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied March 28, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven L. Larson , Linda E. Spring and John A. Terselic , of Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP, of Libertyville, for appellants Jack E. Leisch & Associates, Inc., and CH2M Hill, Inc.

Patrick A. Salvi , Patrick A. Salvi II , Kevin Mocogni and Matthew L. Williams , of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard, P.C., of Waukegan, for appellee.

Kevin R. Sido and Stephen R. Swofford , of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, of Chicago, for amici curiae The American Council of Engineering Companies of Illinois et al.

Jeffrey T. Kubes , Jean M. Prendergast and Michael J. Faley , of Schuyler, Roche & Crisham, P.C., of Chicago, for amici curiae The Illinois Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers and The Association of Licensed Architects.

Beth A. Bauer and Matthew B. Champlin , of Hepler-Broom, LLC, of Edwardsville, for amicus curiae Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel.

Kirsten M. Dunne , of Goldberg Weisman Cairo, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers' Association.


OPINION

Justice THOMAS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

Plaintiff, Corinne Thompson, individually and as administrator of the estates of her husband, Trevor Thompson, and daughter, Amber Thompson, sued defendants, Jack E. Leisch and Associates, Inc., and CH2M Hill, Inc., along with others not parties to this appeal, for negligence. The circuit court of Lake County granted summary judgment in favor of defendants. The appellate court reversed...

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