Parsons v. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6372

Mme JUSTICE SPOMER

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff seeks to recover for loss of means of support resulting from the death of her husband under the Dramshop Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch.

43, par. 135). The jury rendered a verdict for defendants, judgment was entered thereon, and plaintiff’s post-trial motion was denied. Plaintiff appeals, contending that the trial court committed reversible error in allowing defendants’ tendered Illinois Pattern Instruction, Civil, No. 150.17 (2d ed. 1971) (hereinafter IPI). The sole issue is whether this instruction accurately reflects the concept…