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PUCALIK v. HOLIDAY INNS, INC.

No. 85-1382.

777 F.2d 359 (1985)

Marilyn PUCALIK, Administratrix of the Estate of Lawrence J. Pucalik, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HOLIDAY INNS, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 13, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan D. Moses, Besser & McAllister, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Richard Kuhlman, Foss, Schuman, Drake & Barnard, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUDAHY and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges, and SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

An armed robber shot and killed Lawrence Pucalik while he was working as a security guard in a Holiday Inn hotel in Hammond, Indiana. As administratrix of his estate, Mr. Pucalik's wife brought a wrongful death action against Holiday Inns, Inc. The complaint alleged that Holiday Inns' failure to maintain properly its premises caused Mr. Pucalik's death. The jury returned a verdict for one million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in favor...

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