Heeg v. Jewel Companies

This is an appeal from an order of the trial court vacating a jury verdict for $90,000 in favor of plaintiff Margaret Heeg and against defendant Jewel Companies and granting a new trial. On December 21, 1983, plaintiff Margaret Heeg filed a negligence action against defendant Jewel Companies seeking damages for injuries she received when she fell on defendant’s premises. The complaint alleged that about August 4, 1982, plaintiff was a customer in a Jewel store located at 305 Lake Marion Road, Carpentersville, Illinois, where she slipped and fell and suffered permanent injuries. Plaintiff…