Valentine v. Peiffer

This is a dramshop case which was tried to verdict, in the Circuit Court of Macon County. The jury awarded Plaintiff, Mildred Valentine, $15,000 for personal injuries sustained by her in an automobile collision. Defendants, Sycle & Keefe, Inc., d/b/a “National Wine & Liquor Stores,” and Charles Davis, d/b/a “The Senate,” were charged with serving alcoholic liquor to and causing the intoxication of the driver of an automobile which collided with the vehicle in which Plaintiff was riding. It is agreed that Plaintiff sustained serious personal injuries and that the jury verdict was the maximum…