A state appeals panel has affirmed a judge’s ruling to vacate a $4.25 million wrongful-death verdict awarded to the family of a woman killed in a highway crash.
The trial judge vacated the verdict after it was revealed that the woman was married and that her parents and siblings were not her heirs under Illinois law. But the judge would not let the woman’s husband file an amended complaint, finding he engaged in fraud with the woman’s family.
In a 107-page opinion written by 1st District Appellate …