McHALE v. W.D. TRUCKING, INC.

Nos. 1-13-2625, 1-13-2626 and 1-13-3067.

39 N.E.3d 595 (2015)

396 Ill. Dec. 46

2015 IL App (1st) 132625

Steven McHALE, Special Administrator of the Estate of Stacey Lynn McHale, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. W.D. TRUCKING, INC., a Corporation, Defendant, and Kiswani Trucking, Inc., a Corporation, Russell A. Kleppe and Transfreight, LLC, Defendants-Appellants. Transfreight, LLC, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. W.D. Trucking, Inc., Third-Party Defendant, and Russell A. Kleppe and Kiswani Trucking, Inc., an Illinois Corporation, Third-Party Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

August 14, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Chicago ( James B. Tobin , of counsel), for appellants Russell A. Kleppe and Kiswani Trucking, Inc.

Knight Hoppe Kurnik & Knight, Ltd., Rosemont ( Elizabeth A. Knight and Michael J. Atkus , of counsel), and Grant & Fanning, Chicago ( Patrick J. Fanning , of counsel), for appellant Transfreight, LLC.

Corboy & Demetrio, P.C., Chicago ( Philip Harnett Corboy Jr. , and Matthew T. Jenkins , of counsel), for appellee.


OPINION

¶ 1 Stacey Lynn McHale was killed when a tractor-trailer driven by Russell A. Kleppe hit her as she stood at the side of the road beside her automobile. Stacey's husband Steven McHale, as the special administrator of Stacey's estate, filed a wrongful...

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