Legal Opinion
Adames v. Sheahan
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided March 19, 2009No. 105789, 105851 consPublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thomas
Chief Justice Fitzgerald and Justices Freeman, Gar-man, Karmeier, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion.
Justice Kilbride took no part in the decision.
OPINION
On May 5, 2001, William (Billy) Swan accidentally shot and killed his friend Joshua (Josh) Adames while playing with his father’s service weapon. At the time, Billy’s father, David Swan, was employed by the Cook County sheriff’s department as a correctional officer. Plaintiffs, Hector Adames, Jr., and Rosalia Diaz, as co-special administrators of the estate of Josh Adames, filed suit against numerous defendants. At issue in this…
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