Legal Opinion
Vaughn v. Speaker
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided December 21, 1988No. 65736, 65783 consPublishedCited by 139 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cunningham
In the circuit court of Whiteside County, on November 27, 1985, Janet D. Vaughn and Richard L. Vaughn filed a complaint against Wilbur P. Speaker, alleging that on December 2, 1983, Speaker negligently caused an automobile accident in which Janet D. Vaughn was injured, and requesting that the cause be tried by a jury. Wilbur P. Speaker had died on January 16, 1985, although plaintiffs were unaware of this fact when they filed the initial complaint. Plaintiffs first learned of the death on December 5, 1985, when the summons was returned to plaintiffs’ attorneys without having been served on…
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