Lawber v. Doil

PRESIDING JUSTICE KNECHT

delivered the opinion of the court:

On July 2, 1987, the plaintiff Susan Lawber filed a complaint in the circuit court of Pike County on behalf of herself and the estate of her deceased daughter Kristen Bradley. The complaint alleged her daughter’s death was due to the negligence of the defendants in the operation of motor vehicles. The decedent was killed when the motorcycle on which she was riding, driven by her stepfather, defendant Carl Lawber, collided with an automobile.

On September 15, 1987, defendant Carl Lawber filed a motion to dismiss counts VII, VIII, and IX…