Legal Opinion
Ready v. United/Goedecke Services, Inc.
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided October 21, 2010No. 108910PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fitzgerald
Justices Freeman and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion.
Justice Kilbride specially concurred, with opinion.
Justice Garman specially concurred, with opinion, joined by Justice Karmeier.
Justice Thomas took no part in the decision.
OPINION
This case returns to this court for a second time. The issues before us are whether the appellate court followed the instructions of this court on remand and whether its decision on the sole proximate cause issue was correct. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the appellate court.
BACKGROUND
In 1999, Michael Ready (Michael) was killed in an accident…
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