One Hundred South Wacker Drive, Inc. v. Szabo Food Service, Inc.

The plaintiff, One Hundred South Wacker Drive, Inc., is the lessor, and the defendant, Szabo Food Service, Inc., the lessee, under a lease covering part of the premises at One Hundred South Wacker Drive in Chicago. On April 3, 1968, while the defendant was engaged in the operation of its business, a fire occurred upon the leased premises which caused substantial damage both to the demised premises and portions of the building not leased to the defendant, for which the plaintiff sought recovery in the amount of $500,000. The complaint was in five counts. In Count I, the plaintiff charged the…