Cook v. Burnette

The present case arises from an order vacating an $800,000 default judgment against defendants Taiman Home Federal Savings and Loan Association (FSB, predecessor to LaSalle Taiman Bank, FSB, predecessor to LaSalle Bank, hereinafter LaSalle) and First National Bank of Chicago, now doing business as Bank One (Bank One). It originates from a wrongful death and survival action brought by plaintiff-appellant Nathaniel Cook, the special administrator of the estate of Mary Holiday, alleging damages sustained when she died in a house fire. The complaint named as defendants Emma Burnette, LaSalle, and…