Svrcek v. Kudlata

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE McNAMARA

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Lada Svrcek, as executrix of the estate of Leo Svrcek, her husband, filed a wrongful death action in the circuit court of Cook County against Fred Kudlata, as executor of the estate of Bessie Jiskra, seeking damages for her husband’s death caused as a result of an automobile collision involving autos driven by Mrs. Jiskra, in whose auto Leo Svrcek was riding, and by a William Heise, Jr. Plaintiff's complaint was in three counts: the first count charged that Leo Svrcek had been a “passenger” in the auto and that Bessie…