Reed v. Ault

969 N.E.2d 515 (2012)

360 Ill. Dec. 705

Allan K. REED, Independent Administrator of the Estate of Brenda S. Reed, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

Susan E. AULT, Defendant-Appellee.

No. 2-11-0744.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

May 3, 2012.

H. Kent Heller, Heller, Holmes & Associates, P.C., Mattoon, for appellant.

Donna R. Honzel, Mateer, Goff & Honzel, Rockford, for appellee.

OPINION

Presiding Justice JORGENSEN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 In 2007, defendant, Susan E. Ault, lost control of her vehicle on an icy road and ended up in a ditch. Brenda S. Reed…