Lucker v. Arlington Park Race Track Corp.

The plaintiff, William Lucker, appeals from the trial court’s directed verdict for the defendant, Arlington Park Race Track Corporation (Arlington Park), in his negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries. The plaintiff, while employed by a third party as a carpenter to set up exhibit booths for an exhibition held on defendant’s premises, slipped, fell and injured his back. At the close of plaintiff’s case in chief, the trial court granted defendant’s motion for a directed verdict on the issue of liability, and subsequently denied plaintiff’s “motion to reconsider and for new…