Legal Opinion

Kostecki v. Zaffina

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided September 21, 1943No. 27131. Appellate Court reversed; circuit court affirmedPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fulton

The appellants, Victoria Kostecki as administratrix, and Mildred Keene as administratrix, recovered judgments for $10,000 and $7500, respectively, against Giuseppe Zaffina as administrator de bonis non of the estate of Wilbur Soden, deceased. These judgments were entered in an action for damages on account of the wrongful death of plaintiffs’ intestates arising out of an automobile accident occurring on July 4, 1938, wherein the decedents were passengers in an automobile owned and being then driven by Soden. After the entry of the judgments, the appellants sued out a garnishment writ against…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Douglas v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaMichigan Supreme Court · 1921
  2. Wyman v. Security Insurance Co.California Supreme Court · 1927
  3. Reimers v. International Indemnity Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1927
  4. Fucaloro v. Standard Surety & Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1938

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Hawkeye-Security Ins. Co. v. Presbitero & Sons, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1954
  2. Dawn Frosted Meats, Inc. v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaNew York Supreme Court · 1970
  3. Ratliff v. Virginia Surety Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1950

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