Legal Opinion
First National Bank v. Guerine
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided January 25, 2002No. 90950 RelPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fitzgerald
On the evening of September 26, 1999, Richard Guerine of Melrose Park, Cook County, was driving his Jeep Carryall on Somonauk Road in De Kalb County, pulling a speedboat on a trailer manufactured by J.Q. Tex, Inc. (J.Q. Tex), a Mishawaka, Indiana, corporation. The trailer broke away from Guerine’s vehicle, crossed the road into oncoming traffic, and struck head-on a Hyundai Accent driven by Angel Malone of Batavia, Kane County. Angel was pronounced dead on arrival at Valley West Community Hospital in Sandwich, De Kalb County. Dr. L.W Blum, a coroner’s physician from Rockford, Winnebago…
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3Cited by10 opinions
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