Skidmore v. Gateway Western Railway Co.

PRESIDING JUSTICE SPOMER

delivered the opinion of the court:

The Illinois Supreme Court, in the exercise of its supervisory authority, instructed us to vacate our prior judgment in this cause and reconsider this case in light of its decision in Gridley v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., 217 Ill. 2d 158 (2005). Skidmore v. Gateway Western Ry. Co., 217 Ill. 2d 625 (2006). On February 22, 2006, we vacated our prior judgment, and we now reconsider the case.

The plaintiff, Edith Skidmore, as the special administrator of the estate of Clifford Skidmore, deceased, filed a wrongful death…