T.F. BY BURKE v. GHIBELLINI

No. 2-96-1152.

683 N.E.2d 1250 (1997)

289 Ill. App.3d 824

225 Ill.Dec. 587

T.F., a Minor, by his Parent and Next Friend, Cali R. BURKE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James GHIBELLINI, Jr., and Angela Ghibellini, d/b/a The Brass Rail Tavern, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

July 9, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Constance Augsburger, Jenifer L. Johnson, Law Offices of Dennis Schumacher, P.C., Mt. Morris, for Cali R. Burke, T.F.

Raphael E. Yalden, II, Yalden, Olsen & Willette, Rockford, for Angela Ghibellini, James Ghibellini, Jr.


Justice COLWELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, T.F., appeals the trial court's order granting summary judgment in favor of the defendants. T.F. filed a complaint to recover damages under the Dramshop Act (235 ILCS 5/6—21 (West 1994)) for the loss to T.F.'s "means of support" caused by an intoxicated person. The trial court granted summary judgment on the basis that the decedent had never supported his son, T.F., prior to his death. On appeal...

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