Fancil v. Q.S.E. Foods, Inc.

This is an action to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s husband. On motion of the defendant the amended complaint was dismissed by the circuit court of Crawford County for failure to state a cause of action. The appellate court reversed and remanded the cause to the circuit court. (19 Ill. App. 3d 414.) We granted leave to appeal.

The defendant was the owner and operator of a grocery store in Oblong, Illinois. The plaintiff’s decedent was a member of the Oblong city police force. On the night of June 1, 1970, the plaintiff’s decedent went to the defendant’s premises for the purpose…