Boorom v. Burgoyne

This court allowed a request to present this interlocutory appeal by the plaintiff Amy Boorom from an order in limine entered in the circuit court of Coles County. (134 Ill. 2d R. 308.) The defendant herein is Jeffrey D. Burgoyne, administrator of the estate of Arthur N. Gott, deceased.

Plaintiff’s complaint requests an award of damages for personal injuries that allegedly occurred as a result of a battery allegedly inflicted upon her by decedent. On the motion of defendant, the trial court entered an order in limine finding the Dead Man’s Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 110, par. 8—201)…