VINCENT v. WILLIAMS

No. 1-94-1892.

664 N.E.2d 650 (1996)

279 Ill. App.3d 1

216 Ill.Dec. 13

Christopher M. VINCENT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jayson WILLIAMS and Charles Barkley, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

March 29, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel S. Alexander, Patrick E. Boyle: Arnold & Alexander, Ltd., Chicago, for appellant.

Howard T. Brinton, David H. Brinton, Brinton & Fedota, Chicago; G. Thomas Sullivan, Lee, Sullivan & Mathis, Birmingham, Alabama, for appellee Charles Barkley.

Sean P. MacCarthy (John K. Silk and Daniel J. McMahon, on the brief), Peterson & Ross, Chicago, for appellee Jayson Williams.


Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Christopher Vincent (Vincent) seeks his day in court after a tough night in a Chicago bar.

This four-count complaint, filed January 24, 1994, was brought against Jayson Williams (Williams) and Charles Barkley (Barkley).

In count I of the complaint, Vincent alleged that Williams committed a battery against him by hitting him over the head with a beer mug while they were out "socializing"...

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