Van Steemburg v. General Aviation, Inc.

PRESIDING JUSTICE McNAMARA

delivered the opinion of the court:

This action arises from the crash of a single-engine Cessna 182-RG aircraft which occurred on October 20, 1982. Plaintiff Gay Oik’s decedent, Merl Oik, was piloting the aircraft and was killed in the crash. Plaintiff Nancye Van Steemburg was a passenger in the aircraft and was severely injured in the crash. The aircraft was owned by defendant Robertson Transformer Corporation of Indiana, Inc. (RTCI), and operated by defendant T.K. Aviation, Inc. (T.K.), which runs an aircraft rental facility at Chicago’s Midway Airport. T.K.…