Legal Opinion
Layfield v. Village of University Park
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided October 19, 1994No. 3—94—0061PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stouder
The plaintiff, Larry Layfield, as special administrator for the estate of Charles Layfield, filed a petition under section 2 — 1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Code) (735 ILCS 5/2 — 1401 (West 1992)) to vacate the dismissal order of December 4, 1990, and reinstate his case against the defendant, Village of University Park. The circuit court of Will County denied the petition. Plaintiff appeals. We reverse and remand with instructions.
The decedent, Charles Layfield, died when a piece of concrete, thrown from the Stuenkel Road overpass on Interstate 57, landed on the truck in which he was…
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