Leischner v. Daniel's Restaurant, Inc.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GREEN

delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiffs, Jeryl Leischner and her three minor children, brought an action under section 14 of the Dramshop Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 43, par. 135) against defendants, Daniel’s Restaurant, Inc., Ace Liquor, Inc., and D.A.’s Liquor, Ltd. Plaintiffs alleged that defendants sold alcoholic liquor to Herman Leischner, thereby causing his intoxication, and that plaintiffs were injured as a result thereof. Prior to trial, the circuit court entered summary judgment against plaintiff Jeryl Leischner pursuant to its finding that…