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CHOICE v. YMCA OF McHENRY COUNTY

Nos. 1-10-2877, 1-10-2878, 1-10-2897.

976 N.E.2d 584 (2012)

364 Ill. Dec. 306

Virginia CHOICE, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Melvin Choice III, Deceased; Leonard Avant, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Jimmy Avant, Deceased; and Brigette Jones, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Adrian Jones, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. YMCA OF McHENRY COUNTY, an Illinois Corporation, Defendant-Appellant (North Lawndale College Preparatory Charter High School, an Illinois Corporation, and the Board of Education of the City of Chicago, Defendants-Appellees).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

August 17, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Young , Leena Soni , and Michael L. Shacter , Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, Chicago, for appellant YMCA of McHenry County.

Thomas E. Pakenas , Dale & Pakenas, Chicago, for appellant Virginia Choice.

David E. Rapoport and Joshua L. Weisberg , Rapoport Law Offices, P.C., and Matthew Willens , Willens Law Offices, P.C., both of Chicago, for appellant Leonard Avant.

Melvin Brooks , Cochran, Cherry, Givens, Smith & Montgomery, LLC, Chicago, for appellant Brigette Jones.

Joseph P. Postel , David S. Osborne , and James L. Wideikis , Reppaport & Postel, LLC, and Lauren K. Meacham and Patrick J. Norris , Meacham & Starck, both of Chicago, for appellees.

OPINION

Presiding Justice EPSTEIN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 This case arises from the drowning deaths of three high school students on the Fox River. In November 2008, students from North Lawndale College Preparatory Charter High School (Lawndale High School) were attending a one-week school ethical leadership program at Camp Algonquin, a camp operated and maintained by the YMCA of McHenry County (YMCA). In the early morning...

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