Legal Opinion
Marshall v. Osborn
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided April 25, 1991No. 3-90-0024PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Slater
On April 17, 1987, plaintiffs’ decedent Barry S. Marshall was killed when he was struck by an automobile driven by defendant Eldan A. Osborn. Plaintiffs filed suit pursuant to the Wrongful Death Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 70, pars. 1, 2) alleging various acts of negligence. Following a number of pretrial motions, which will be explained in more detail below, trial began on September 20, 1989. The evidence presented at trial was limited by application of the Dead Man’s Act ( Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 110, par. 8—201), which prevented presentation of any event which took place in the…
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