Legal Opinion
Finnegan v. Les Pourvoiries Fortier, Inc.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided September 28, 1990No. 1-88-0370, 1-88-0382, 1-88-0523, 1-88-0553 consPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scariano
These consolidated appeals arise from an airplane crash on September 30, 1985, in Quebec, Canada, in which all persons aboard perished, including the pilot and six Illinois residents. The appeals are taken from the dismissal of the actions for damages brought by the estates of four of the deceased Illinoisans.
At the time of the accident, the victims were en route from a caribou hunting trip in northern Quebec to the airport in Schefferville, Quebec. Plaintiffs filed wrongful death actions in circuit court against Les Pourvoiries Fortier, Inc. (Fortier, Inc.), as owner and operator of the…
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