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SPERL v. C.H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC.

No. 3-09-0830.

946 N.E.2d 463 (2011)

Susan D. SPERL, Individually and as Executor of the Estate of Joseph G. Sperl, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. C.H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, INC., Defendant-Appellant (C.H. Robinson Worldwide-Ltl, Inc., C.H. Robinson Company, Inc., d/b/a C.H. Robinson International, Inc., DeAn J. Henry, Toad L. Dragonfly Express, PBX, Inc., d/b/a Tyson Food Logistics, a Foreign Corporation, Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., a Foreign Corporation and Michael R. Smith, Defendants). William Taluc and Skye Taluc, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., and C.H. Robinson Company, Defendants-Appellants (C.H. Robinson Company, Inc., C.H. Robinson International, Inc., C.H. Robinson Worldwide-Ltl, Inc., DeAn Henry, Individually and d/b/a DJ Transport, Michael R. Smith, Individually and d/b/a Toad L. Dragon Fly Express, Luann G. Whitener-Black, Individually and d/b/a Toad L. Dragonfly Express, Defendants). Annette Sanders, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Thomas S. Sanders, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., and C.H. Robinson Company, (referred to as C.H. Robinson Worldwide), Defendants-Appellants (C.H. Robinson International Inc., C.H. Robinson Company, Inc., C.H. Robinson Company, LP, C.H. Robinson Worldwide Foundation, DeAn J. Henry, Luann G. Whitener-Black and Michael R. Smith, Individually and d/b/a Toad L. Dragonfly Express, Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

March 30, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Ferrini, Edward M. Kay, Thomas H. Ryerson, Paul V. Esposito (argued), Clausen Miller, P.C., William J. Ryan, Eric J. Munoz, Rene Hertsberg, Scandaglia & Ryan, Chicago, for C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

Joseph P. Shannon, Shannon Law Group, LP, Woodridge, for Skye Taluc.

John L. Cantlin, John L. Cantlin & Associates, Timothy B. Cantlin, The Cantlin Law Firm, Ottawa, for Annette Sanders.

Martin Healy, Jack Cannon, Dennis M. Lynch, The Healy Law Firm, Chicago, for Susan D. Sperl.

Jennifer L. Medenwald, Kevin Casey, Querrey & Harrow, Ltd., Chicago, for Toad L. Dragon Fly Express.

Michael T. Reagan (argued), Law Offices of Michael T. Reagan, Ottawa, for Susan Sperl.

OPINION

Justice LYTTON delivered the judgement of the court, with opinion.

Plaintiffs, Susan Sperl, individually and as the executor of the estate of Joseph Sperl; Annette Sanders, individually and as the administrator of the estate of Thomas Sanders; and William and Skye Taluc, filed a complaint against, among others, defendant C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc., a/k/a C.H. Robinson Company (CHR), for wrongful death and personal injuries they sustained due to...

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