Rodgers v. Consolidated RR Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• parents of decedent had no right as beneficiaries to bring own wrongful death suit simply because they alleged to suffer injury
• parents of decedent had no right as beneficiaries to bring own wrongful death suit simply because they alleged to suffer injury
• wrongful death action must be brought by and in name of representative of estate
• wrongful death action must be brought by and in name of representative of estate
• “In Illinois, wrongful death suits must be brought by and in the name of the personal representative of the deceased. The personal representative possesses the sole right of action or control over the litigation.”
• “In Illinois, wrongful death suits must be brought by and in the name of the personal representative of the deceased. The personal representative possesses the sole right of action or control over the litigation.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).