Overocker v. Retoff

The defendants, Manley Retoff, John Retoff, and Louis Retoff, d/b/a Retoff’s Tavern, and Mary Retoff, appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of LaSalle County in favor of plaintiff Edgar Overocker, in the sum of $11,000 for injury to himself and in the sum of $2,000 for the loss of support for his four minor children. The action was brought by the plaintiff, Edgar Overocker, in two counts under the Illinois Dram Shop Act. In one count, plaintiff sought damages for personal injury, and in the other plaintiff sought damages for loss of means of support of his four minor children as a…