Legal Opinion
Cruz v. Puerto Rican Society
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided March 31, 1987No. 2—86—0614, 2—86—0771 consPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woodward
Plaintiff, Virginia Cruz, as administrator of the estate of Gilberto Cruz, deceased, appeals the dismissal of two counts of her three-count complaint seeking recovery for loss of support under section 6 — 21 of the Dramshop Act (hereinafter Act) (HI. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 43, par. 135). The trial court dismissed counts I and II on the ground that neither an intoxicated person nor his estate may recover under the Act for loss of support.
Plaintiff filed her complaint October 18, 1985, in the circuit court of Lake County. In the complaint, Virginia Cruz brings this action in her capacity as…
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