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BANGALY v. BAGGIANI

Nos. 1-12-3760, 1-13-0624, 1-13-0729.

20 N.E.3d 42 (2014)

2014 IL App (1st) 123760

386 Ill. Dec. 181

Sylla BANGALY, Administrator of the Estate of Hawa Sissoko, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Alfred C. BAGGIANI, Individually and as Agent and Employee of Roadway Express, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; Roadway Express, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, n/k/a YRC, a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of YRC Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; and YRC Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Defendants-Appellees (Noumouke Keita, Intervenor-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

September 26, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Harte , of Chicago, for appellant Sylla Bangaly.

Christopher Keleher , of Keleher Appellate Law Group, LLC, of Chicago, and Erik B. Lutwin , of Lutwin & Lutwin, LLP, of New York, New York, for appellant Noumouke Keita.

C. Barry Montgomery , Alyssa M. Reiter , and Hanson L. Williams , all of Williams, Montgomery & John, Ltd., of Chicago, for appellees.

OPINION

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

¶ 1 This is a unique wrongful death case of first impression where a jury returned a verdict of $4.25 million against defendants on behalf of the decedent's parents and eight siblings, and the trial court vacated the judgment on the verdict after hearing that the decedent was married at the time and then dismissed the case in its entirety. The decedent, Hawa Sissoko, a 28-year...

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