Drews v. Gobel Freight Lines, Inc.

Plaintiff, Jane Drews, individually and as special administrator of the estate of her husband, Randall Drews (decedent), brought this lawsuit in the circuit court of Cook County against the defendant, Gobel Freight Lines, Inc., seeking recovery under the Survival Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. IIOV2, par. 27 — 6), the Wrongful Death Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 70, par. 2), and the Rights of Married Women Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 40, par. 1015). Decedent was killed in August 1985, when his rented camper-van and one of defendant’s tractor-trailer trucks collided. Prior to trial,…