Akin v. J.R.'S Lounge, Inc.

PRESIDING JUSTICE BARRY

delivered the opinion of the court:

In this dramshop action, defendant J.R.’s Lounge, Inc., appeals from a judgment entered in the sum of $15,000 in favor of plaintiff Gregory Akin.

The facts giving rise to this litigation are not at issue. About 2:30 a.m. on March 24, 1984, plaintiff and defendant Darcy Hoffman became involved in an argument, in the course of which Hoffman stabbed Akin with a knife in the chest. Plaintiff Akin subsequently filed suit for damages in the circuit court of Will County. The complaint included a count against J.R.’s Lounge, Inc., pursuant to…