McCOMBS v. DEXTER

No. 3-88-0588.

186 Ill. App.3d 484 (1989)

542 N.E.2d 1245

CYNTHIA McCOMBS, Plaintiff, v. LYLE DEXTER, Indiv., and d/b/a Dexter's Den, et al., Defendants and Counterplaintiffs-Appellants (Victoria Patterson, Defendant and Counterdefendant-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed August 4, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ward, Murray, Pace & Johnson, of Sterling (Lisa A. Treviranus, of counsel), for appellants.

Pignatelli & Pignatelli, of Rock Falls (Patrick J. Liston, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE BARRY delivered the opinion of the court:

This litigation had its origin in an accident occurring on February 9, 1980, when Cynthia McCombs fell on some stairs on the premises of a tavern operated by Lyle and Lois Dexter and known as Dexter's Den. McCombs, who was a guest at a private wedding anniversary party in the basement area of the tavern, had gone upstairs to the restroom and was returning when she fell near the bottom of...

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