Salinas v. Werton

Plaintiff, Sharon Salinas, as special administratrix of the estate of Eugene Busolo, deceased, brought an action in the circuit court of Cook County against Donald Werton and against Demetrios Tsoraidis, individually and doing business as Jim’s Texaco Service, pursuant to the Illinois Wrongful Death Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 70, par. 1 et seq.). Service was obtained on both defendants. Defendant Tsoraidis moved for summary judgment on the issues of duty and proximate causation and the trial court granted summary judgment in his favor. Plaintiff appeals, contending that the trial court…