Darguzas v. Robinson

PRESIDING JUSTICE LINDBERG

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of De Kalb County in favor of Anthony Darguzas, plaintiff-appellant and cross-appellee, and against defendants-appellees and cross-appellants. This action arose under section 135 of the Liquor Control Act of 1934 (Dramshop Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 43, par. 135). In his complaint plaintiff alleged that he, on October 31, 1984, was severely beaten by two individuals whose intoxication was caused by defendant dramshops. The jury awarded $35,000 in damages to plaintiff.…