Domantas v. Menard, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION KIMBERLY DOMANTAS, ) ) No. 21 C 232 Plaintiff, ) ) Magistrate Judge Gabriel A. Fuentes v. ) ) MENARD, INC., ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER On August 15, 2019, Plaintiff Kimberly Domantas was shopping for pet food at Defendant Menard Inc.’s (“Menard”) store in Joliet, Ill., when she tripped over a pole that protruded from the bottom of a shopping cart that was sitting at the end of an aisle. Plaintiff injured her elbow in the fall and later sued Menard under a theory of premises liability. (D.E.…