WERDERITZ v. BERKHOUT

Gen. No. 51,102.

82 Ill. App.2d 141 (1967)

226 N.E.2d 500

Estelle Werderitz, Estelle Werderitz, as Administrator of the Estate of Leonard Werderitz, Deceased; Dorothy Cosentino, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Henry Berkhout, Jr., et al., Gold Building Corp., a Corporation, Harper & Sixty-Third Corp., a Corporation, Stony & Sixty-Third Building, Inc., a Corporation, James Cahill, Central National Bank in Chicago, a Corporation, as Trustee Under Trust No. 1003, George J. MacLean, Administrator of the Estate of Albert Schlossberg, Deceased, and Alan G. Schwartz, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Second Division.

April 11, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steinberg, Polacek & Steinberg, of Chicago (Bradley D. Steinberg, of counsel), for appellants.

Lord, Bissell & Brook, of Chicago (Harold L. Jacobson and Richard E. Mueller, of counsel), for appellees, Harper & Sixty-Third Corp., and Stony and Sixty-Third Building, Inc.


MR. JUSTICE BURKE delivered the opinion of the court.

The cause of action by plaintiffs who had sustained severe personal injuries and extensive medical expense in a collision of two automobiles, was against various tavern operators and real estate owners under the Dram Shop Act. By the time of trial the only defendants remaining in the lawsuit were Harper & 63rd Corporation and Stony & 63rd Building, Inc., represented by Mr. Harold Jacobson of the law firm...

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