Appellate Court of Illinois· 3/23/2010

Evans v. Brown

Citations

925 N.E.2d 1265
399 Ill. App. 3d 238

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stating that if the defendant establishes facts with supporting documents entitling judgment on an affirmative defense, the plaintiff must then present a factual basis arguably entitling him to a judgment
holding “[a] sudden illness or death that renders a driver incapable of controlling his car, provided that the event is unforeseeable and beyond the power of human intervention to prevent, is an act of God”
stating that if the defendant establishes facts with supporting documents entitling judgment on an affirmative defense, the plaintiff must then present a factual basis arguably entitling him to a judgment
ignoring the symptoms of a heart attack before driving a car was potentially negligent
“ ‘The scope of appellate review of a summary[-]judgment motion is limited to the record as it existed at the time the trial court ruled’ ”
\'The scope of appellate review of a summary[-]judgment motion is limited to the record as it existed at the time the trial court ruled'\

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Judges: Steigmann, Pope

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