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WOLFE v. BERTRAND BOWLING LANES, INC.

No. 73-405.

39 Ill. App.3d 919 (1976)

351 N.E.2d 313

NAOMA WOLFE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BERTRAND BOWLING LANES, INC., a/k/a Bertrand Bowling Alley, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District (1st Division).

Rehearing denied August 5, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Brien, Hanrahan, Wojcik & Conniff, of Chicago, for appellants.

Steinberg, Polacek & Steinberg, of Chicago, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HALLETT delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, who had an atrophied left leg as a result of polio, fell in the defendant's cocktail lounge, breaking her right leg. She contends that she slipped on a cellophane cigarette wrapper dropped on the carpet by a waitress clearing ashtrays. The defendants contend that she merely fell getting off a bar stool. The jury found for the plaintiff and awarded her $21,000 for which...

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