Campen v. Executive House Hotel, Inc.

Plaintiff fell in the lobby of the Executive House Hotel on January 4, 1975, and after trial by jury he was awarded $150,000 in damages based on allegations that the accident was caused by the hotel corporation’s negligence. Defendant now argues that the trial court committed reversible error in making the following nine rulings:(1) concluding that defendant unreasonably refused to comply with the supreme court discovery rules (73 Ill. 2d R. 219(c));(2) excluding the testimony of several defense witnesses as a sanction for this violation;(3) instructing the jury that it could infer that…