Banks v. Ribco, Inc.

PRESIDING JUSTICE HOLDRIDGE

delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Heather D. Banks, brought an action against the defendant, RIBCO, Inc., d/b/a Rock Island Brewing Company and 2nd Avenue, under the Iowa Dramshop Act (Iowa Code §123.92 et seq. (2005)), in Rock Island County, Illinois. The plaintiff asserted that Iowa substantive law applied to the action, and the defendant filed a motion to dismiss, asserting that Illinois law applied. The circuit court denied the defendant’s motion to dismiss. The defendant filed an interlocutory appeal, which was allowed. We reverse.

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