Gregorc v. Londoff Cocktail Lounge, Inc.

STORCKMAN, Judge.

Plaintiff, while patronizing defendant’s cocktail lounge, was wounded during an exchange of revolver fire between a police officer and another patron whom the officer was trying to disarm and arrest. Plaintiff sought damages for his personal injuries and obtained a judgment for $15,-000. The trial court sustained defendant’s motion for a new trial on the ground that one of plaintiff’s instructions was erroneous and the plaintiff appealed.

The defendant company operated the cocktail lounge at 2357 Palm Street in St. Louis where alcoholic beverages were dispensed and food was…