Court Opinion

ID: 9450526
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 16:51:03.15113+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:32:21.990754
License: Public Domain

CASTLE, Circuit Judge
(concurring).
I agree with the result reached by Judge Grubb but would rest affirmance on the basis the Illinois wrongful death statute (Ill.Rev.Stat.1959, ch. 70, §§ 1 and 2) governs the amount recoverable and requires dependency as a prerequisite to recovery of compensatory damages by next of kin. Although Barrow v. Lence, 17 Ill.App.2d 527, 151 N.E.2d 120, (Fourth District) appears to be in disagreement with Rust v. Holland, 15 Ill. App.2d 369, 146 N.E.2d 82, 67 A.L.R.2d 739, (Second District) as to the effect *621of the 1955 amendment to Section 2 of the Illinois statute requiring distribution of the proceeds in proportion to the percentage of dependency, I am of the view the latter case reflects a proper interpretation of the amendment.