Gora v. 7-11 FOOD STORES

PRESIDING JUSTICE WHITE

delivered the opinion of the court.

This appeal presents the question, is a dramshop keeper who sells liquor to a minor in violation of section 12 of article VI of the Dram-shop Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 43, par. 131) liable to the minor for damages the minor suffers as a result of his intoxication caused by the liquor?

Edmond Gora, in his amended complaint, alleged that he was 17 years old when he bought alcoholic liquors from a convenience food store operated by defendants, 7-11 Food Stores and the Southland Corporation; that the liquors caused his intoxication;…