DeSmet v. County of Rock Island

Docket No. 100261. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS MARY L. DeSMET, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Doris F. Hays, Deceased, Appellant, v. THE COUNTY OF ROCK ISLAND, Illinois, et al., Appellees. Opinion filed April 20, 2006. JUSTICE KARMEIER delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Thomas and Justices Freeman, Fitzgerald, Kilbride and Garman concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice McMorrow dissented, with opinion. OPINION The plaintiff, Mary L. DeSmet, as personal representative of the estate of the decedent, Doris F. Hays (Hays), filed…