HAYS BY HAYS v. Fabian

This appeal arises from two consolidated cases. Plaintiffs, Eileen Hays, individually and as parent and next friend of Alice Hays, a minor (Hays), and William Miller, individually and as father and next friend of Allison Miller, a minor (Miller), filed suit in the circuit court of Cook County to recover damages sustained as a result of the alleged negligence of defendant Myron Fabian after he struck Hays and Miller while driving his automobile. At the conclusion of a jury trial, the trial court denied plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment on the issue of liability. The jury then returned a…