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SEPMEYER v. HOLMAN

Docket No. 75904.

642 N.E.2d 1242 (1994)

162 Ill.2d 249

205 Ill.Dec. 125

Elmer SEPMEYER, Special Adm'r for the Estate of Ester Sepmeyer, Appellee, v. Richard HOLMAN et al. (Richard Holman, Appellant; Illinois Department of Corrections, Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

October 27, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman M. Hirsch, Patricia A. Bronte, Christine A. Sgarlata and Laura A. Kaster, Jenner & Block, Chicago, for appellant.

William C. Evers III and Don W. Weber, Collinsville, for appellee Elmer Sepmeyer.

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Springfield (Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Solicitor Gen. and Jan E. Hughes, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, of counsel), for appellee Illinois Dept. Correction.

Justice NICKELS delivered the opinion of the court:

The issue in this appeal is whether the legislature may revive a time-barred tort claim brought by a crime victim against the victim's offender based on conduct for which the offender was convicted. Plaintiff in the tort action is Elmer Sepmeyer, as special administrator for the estate of Esther Sepmeyer. The primary defendant is Richard Holman, who was convicted of murdering Esther Sepmeyer. Also named as defendants...

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