Taylor v. Hocker

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE KASSERMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs appeal from an order of the circuit court of Jackson County granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment pursuant to section 57 of the Civil Practice Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 110, par. 57). Plaintiffs, Merideth Taylor and Melody Beiler, instituted a negligence action against defendants, David Hocker and Alan Squitieri. The amended complaint alleged that defendants operated the University Mall Shopping Center in Carbondale, Illinois, and that on the evening of September 25,1976, plaintiffs were assaulted and…