Legal Opinion
Ingersoll v. Klein
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided October 7, 1970No. 42152PublishedCited by 307 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kluczynski
On January 12, 1963, Wayne Ingersoll, a resident of Illinois, drowned after the car in which he was riding broke through the ice on the Mississippi River allegedly within the territorial jurisdiction of the State of Iowa. Marie Ingersoll, as administratrix of the estate of Wayne Ingersoll, filed a complaint in the circuit court of Carroll County alleging the right to recover damages from Walter Klein, the driver of the automobile, and William Klein, his father. Counts I and II of the complaint alleged that Walter Klein, while under the influence of liquor, recklessly operated an automobile in…
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