Old Second National Bank v. Baumann

Plaintiff, The Old Second National Bank, as administrator of the estate of Timothy A. Barna, appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Kendall County entered on a jury verdict in favor of defendant, Richard J. Baumann, in plaintiff’s wrongful death action.

The accident which is the basis of this action occurred on April 17, 1977, at approximately T.37 a.m. Barna, Baumann, Scott Harvey, and other friends were at a party, and left at about 1:30 a.m. to go to a nearby restaurant for breakfast. Barna and Harvey decided to ride in the back of Baumann’s pickup truck. Another truck, driven by…