CARTER v. SKOKIE VALLEY DETECTIVE AGENCY

No. 1-91-3732.

628 N.E.2d 602 (1993)

256 Ill. App.3d 77

195 Ill.Dec. 138

Emma CARTER, as Administrator of the Estate of Emma L. Hopkins, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SKOKIE VALLEY DETECTIVE AGENCY, LTD., an Illinois corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

December 6, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lord, Bissell & Brook (Hugh C. Griffin, Sandra K. Macauley, of counsel), and Purcell & Wardrope, Chtd. (Paul V. Kaulas, of counsel), Chicago, for defendant-appellant.

Levin & Perconti, P.C., Chicago (Steven M. Levin, Joel Ostrow, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.


Justice BUCKLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, Terry Harris was convicted of the murder, aggravated criminal sexual assault, and aggravated kidnapping of Emma L. Hopkins. (People v. Harris (1989), 132 Ill.2d 366, 138 Ill.Dec. 620, 547 N.E.2d 1241.) This case involves the civil action for money damages brought by Hopkins' mother, Emma Carter, as administrator...

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