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WAKEFORD v. RODEHOUSE RESTAURANTS OF MISSOURI, INC.

No. 73352.

610 N.E.2d 77 (1992)

154 Ill.2d 543

182 Ill.Dec. 653

Richard WAKEFORD, Appellee, v. RODEHOUSE RESTAURANTS OF MISSOURI, INC., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied March 29, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin K. Morrissey and James E. Gorman, Reed, Armstrong, Gorman, Coffey, Thomson, & Gilbert, Edwardsville, for Rodehouse Restaurants.

Bruce R. Pfaff and Kevin J. Conway, Law Offices of Bruce Robert Pfaff, Chicago, for amicus Illinois Trial Lawyers.

Richard Shaikewitz and Samuel A. Mormino, Wiseman, Shaikewitz, McGivern, Wahl, Falvin & Hesi, Alton, for appellee.

Justice CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

On November 2, 1984, plaintiff, Richard Wakeford, and his wife, Dawn, had dinner at the Ramada Inn restaurant in Alton, Illinois. At approximately midnight, the couple left the restaurant and approached their car, which was parked near the restaurant's exit. At this time, an unidentified man with a gun approached plaintiff as he unlocked the passenger side door. The man shot three times, striking plaintiff in the temple...

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