Fanio v. John W. Breslin Co.

The plaintiff brought this suit in the circuit court of Cook County, as administrator of her husband’s estate, seeking damages for his wrongful death, and as an individual, asking damages for her obligations incurred under the family expense statute (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1969, ch. 68, par. 15) by reason of the injuries to, and death of, her husband. Two of the counts — those against the defendant, Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago — were dismissed by reason of the plaintiff’s failure to give the required six-months notice and to file the suit within one year from the date the cause…