Lewis v. El Torito Restaurants, Inc.

KENNEDY, Judge.

Plaintiff Douglas P. Lewis brought suit against El Torito Restaurants, Inc., the owner of a restaurant and bar named Annie’s Santa Fe, located at Bannister Mall, and against its employee Robert Hall, Jr., for damages for personal injuries suffered by plaintiff in the early morning hours of January 1, 1986.

The trial court granted summary judgment to defendants and plaintiff appeals.

The facts before the court on the motion for summary judgment were as follows:

Plaintiff Lewis was at Annie’s Santa Fe bar at Bannister Mall at 1 o’clock in the morning of January 1,1986. He was at an…