Cantrell v. DuQuoin State Bank

Candace Cantrell was injured in an automobile accident by an intoxicated driver and filed a personal injury action against Arlene and Wayne Wendling as the licensees and owners of a dramshop. She also named the DuQuoin State Bank (the Bank), mortgagee of the Wendlings’ dramshop, as a party defendant pursuant to section 6 — 21 of the Liquor Control Act of 1934 (235 ILCS 5/6 — 21 (West 1992)). On the first appeal of this case, this court reversed the trial court’s order allowing the Bank’s section 2 — 615 (735 ILCS 5/2 — 615 (West 1992)) motion to dismiss. (Cantrell v. Wendling (1993), 249 Ill.…