Brzezinski v. Gajda

This is an appeal from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict for plaintiff Leona Brzezinski in an action under the Illinois Dram Shop Act for damages sustained when plaintiff’s husband, allegedly intoxicated, was shot and killed by defendant Stanley Gajda.

The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in allowing a witness to testify for plaintiff who had not been named in answer to defendant’s interrogatories. The facts are as follows:

On January 15, 1965, Jerome Brzezinsld entered Gajda’s Shady Lane Lounge, a Chicago tavern, and began drinking beer. Defendant, Gajda, served…