Christou v. Arlington Park-Washington Park Race Tracks Corp.

Plaintiff, Petros Christou, brought this action to recover damages sustained when he went through a plate glass door on the premises of a race track owned and operated by defendant Arlington Park-Washington Park Race Tracks Corp. The trial court denied defendant’s motions for a directed verdict at the close of plaintiff’s case and at the conclusion of all the evidence. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff in the amount of $86,700, and the trial court entered judgment on the verdict. Defendant appeals.

Plaintiff spent the afternoon of July 15, 1974, at the race track. After learning that…