BURTON v. DRAKE'S MAYORS ROW RESTAURANT

No. 76-692.

368 N.E.2d 771 (1977)

53 Ill. App.3d 348

11 Ill.Dec. 220

Leroy BURTON, Rosie Burton, individually and for the sole use and benefit of Jeanette, Christine, Joanne, Nancy, Barbara Jean, Jenell, and Leroy Burton, Minors, George Ray and Sarah Ray, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DRAKE'S MAYORS ROW RESTAURANT, INC., Defendant, and Arthur N. Lanski, and Northeast Properties, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

October 5, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heller & Morris, Chicago, Jerome H. Torshen, Ltd., Chicago (Jerome H. Torshen and Edward G. Wierzbicki, Chicago, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago (Robert A. Knuti, Richard E. Mueller and Hugh C. Griffin, Chicago, of counsel), for defendants-appellees.


SIMON, Presiding Justice.

The plaintiffs seek recovery under the Dramshop Act (Ill.Rev.Stat.1971, ch. 43, par. 135) for personal injuries they suffered when a parked vehicle in which they were sitting was struck by a car driven by Leonard DeJohn. The action is against the owners of the premises in which Mayors Row Restaurant in Chicago is located. Plaintiffs claim DeJohn was sold or given intoxicating liquors in those premises prior to the accident.

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