Webb v. Jewel Companies, Inc.

This is an appeal from the dismissal, for failure to state a cause of action, of the second amended count I 1 of a complaint filed on behalf of the minor plaintiff against defendants, Charles Hiley 2 and Jewel Companies, Inc. (Jewel), for damages because of injuries she suffered as a result of a sexual assault allegedly committed by Hiley while he was employed as a security guard for Jewel. The sole issue presented for review is the propriety of the dismissal.

In count I, as amended, plaintiff alleged in substance that she was a customer in a Jewel supermarket located in Chicago; that she had…