Legal Opinion
Elliott v. Willis
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided November 24, 1982No. 54308, 54373 consPublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
On April 13, 1976, Paul Elliott was killed as a result of a collision between the automobile he was driving and a pickup truck driven by defendant Hilda Willis. The executors of the estate filed a wrongful death action in the circuit court of McLean County pursuant to the Wrongful Death Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 70, par. 2) against Hilda Willis and her daughter, Carol, whose truck Hilda was driving at the time of the accident. Verla Elliott, Mr. Elliott’s widow, also brought suit individually for her own personal injuries.
During the conference on jury instructions the defendants tendered…
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