WALKER v. DOMINICK'S FINER FOODS, INC.

No. 78-1887.

92 Ill. App.3d 645 (1980)

415 N.E.2d 1213

GENE WALKER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DOMINICK'S FINER FOODS, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Rehearing denied February 3, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baker & McKenzie, of Chicago (Francis D. Morrissey, John M. McDermott, and Terrence M. Johnson, of counsel), for appellant.

John C. Ambrose, of Chicago (F. John Cushing, III, of counsel), for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE RIZZI delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a personal injury action in which plaintiff, Gene Walker, claims he was injured as a result of a wilful and wanton assault and battery committed by an employee of defendant, Dominick's Finer Foods, Inc. A jury returned a general verdict in favor of plaintiff in the amount of $8,000. The jury also answered a special interrogatory finding plaintiff guilty of provocation which...

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