Bachman v. Sharon & Lo's Place, Inc.

The plaintiffs, Kim Bachman et al., brought suit against the defendants pursuant to the Dramshop Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 43, par. 135). The defendants-appellants, Sharon & Lo’s Place et al. (hereinafter the defendants) bring this interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s denial of their motion to dismiss two counts of the plaintiffs’ complaint.

The plaintiffs are the spouse and children of Howard Bachman. After he was killed in a motorcycle accident on July 7, 1985, the plaintiffs sued the defendants under the Dramshop Act. Count II of the complaint alleged that the defendants were…