Legal Opinion
Donald D. Lane v. Hardee's Food Systems, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 22, 1999No. 98-3935PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Donald Lane slipped and injured himself on the restroom floor of a Hardee’s restaurant in Harrisburg, Illinois. Claiming that his fall was the result of water negligently left by a restaurant employee, Lane sued its owner, Hardee’s Food Systems, Inc. (“Hardee’s”). At the close of plaintiffs case-in-chief, the district court granted judgment as a matter of law in favor of the defendant holding that Lane had failed to produce sufficient evidence that Hardee’s was responsible for creating the dangerous condition in its restroom. Because a jury could reasonably have found for…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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