Steffa v. Stanley

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE THOMAS J. MORAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

While a passenger on a motorcycle driven by Roger Stanley, plaintiff was injured as the result of a collision between that cycle and an auto driven by Roger Steffa, who was, at that time, plaintiff’s husband. She filed suit against both Stanley and Steffa for injuries, and Steffa filed a motion for summary judgment alleging that the action in tort was barred by the interspousal tort immunity provision of section 1 of “An Act to revise the law in relation to husband and wife” (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 68, par. 1).

Plaintiff…