Reese v. Roth

This suit, brought under the Dramshop Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 43, par. 135), resulted from the collision of two automobiles, a Karmann Ghia driven by Roland Porter and a Pinto driven by Edward Bedal. Both Porter and Bedal died as a result of the collision, and Brent Beebe, a passenger in Bedal’s Pinto, was seriously injured. A consolidated action seeking recovery for loss of support was brought by Norma Porter Reese on her own behalf, on behalf of the estate of her son, Roland Porter, and on behalf of the next of kin of Roland Porter; Kenneth Bedal, on his own behalf, on behalf of the…