Evans v. Yankeetown Dock Corp.

MILLER, Presiding Judge.

Marie Evans is the widow of Oscar Evans, a former employee of Yankeetown Dock Corp. (Yankeetown). In her capacity as personal representative of her husband's estate, she brought a wrongful death action against Yankeetown, alleging its negli-genece-by knowingly employing a mentally ill person who posed a physical threat to fellow - employees-was the proximate cause of Oscar's death on Yankeetown's premises where he was fatally shot by such mentally ill co-worker. Yankeetown raised as a defense that Evans's claim was actionable only under the workers' compensation…