GROOM v. DAYS INN OF AMERICA, INC.

No. 91-2259.

62 F.3d 204 (1995)

Phyllis GROOM and Steve Groom, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DAYS INN OF AMERICA, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 8, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Steve Ferguson (submitted), Heller, Holmes & Associates, Mattoon, IL, for plaintiffs-appellants.

John A. Ess, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Edwardsville, IL, Karen L. Kendall, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, IL, for defendant-appellee.

Before BAUER and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges, and REYNOLDS, District Judge.


REYNOLDS, District Judge.

In May 1989, plaintiffs Phyllis and Steve Groom ("Grooms") filed a diversity action for negligence and loss of consortium against Days Inn of America ("Days Inn"), in the Southern District of Illinois. The Grooms sought damages for injuries sustained when Phyllis slipped and fell while walking down a Days Inn outside stairwell. A jury returned a verdict for Days Inn. In April 1991, the trial court...

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