Opinion

Sana v. Brown

  • 35 Ill. App. 2d 425
  • 183 N.E.2d 187
  • 1962 Ill. App. LEXIS 546
Court
Appellate Court of Illinois
Filed
May 21, 1962
Status
Published
Author
English
On the bench
English, Murphy, Burman
Cited by
10 cases
Authority
More cited than 85.2%

The opinion

MR. JUSTICE ENGLISH

delivered the opinion of the court.

Complaint was filed on behalf of four plaintiffs for injuries alleged to have been sustained by them as a result of negligence on the part of defendant in the driving of her automobile. The complaint further alleged that plaintiff, Eleanor Sana, was pregnant at the time of the occurrence and that she gave birth to plaintiff, Nancy Sana, approximately 4% months thereafter.

Answering as to the other plaintiffs, defendant filed a Motion to Dismiss the Complaint as to Nancy Sana on the sole ground that she was not viable at the time of the injuries allegedly sustained by her. The motion was allowed and the complaint was dismissed as to her, the court making the necessary finding to render its order final and appealable at this time. (Ill Rev Stats, c 110, § 50(2).)

The identical question presented by plaintiff’s appeal in this case was very recently raised in Daley v. Meier, 33 Ill App2d 218, 178 NE2d 691 , in which we held that a cause of action for prenatal injuries is not dependent upon viability. The opinion in that case is controlling here.

The judgment of the Circuit Court is, therefore, reversed and the cause is remanded with directions to overrule defendant’s Motion to Dismiss.

Beversed and remanded with directions.

MURPHY, P. J. and BURMAN, J., concur.

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