Kravis v. Smith Marine, Inc.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY

delivered the opinion of the court:

In August 1966 Allen Kravis, his wife Doris, and their children, Karen six years of age and Mark four, were riding in a boat in a channel between two lakes in Lake County, Illinois. The boat, operated by Robert Frankenbush, was struck by a boat driven by a 14-year-old boy, Andrew Korpan. Mrs. Kravis and a child with whom she was pregnant died as a result of the collision. Mark was severely and permanently injured.

The controversy in this appeal is tangential to the litigation which ensued from the accident. In his need for legal…