{"id":4100,"date":"2014-08-20T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T15:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=4100"},"modified":"2014-08-17T14:46:50","modified_gmt":"2014-08-17T19:46:50","slug":"illinois-appellate-court-affirms-dramshop-liability-requires-injured-identify-intoxicated-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-affirms-dramshop-liability-requires-injured-identify-intoxicated-person\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Appellate Court Affirms that Dram Shop Liability Requires the Injured to Identify the Intoxicated Person"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Nov. 27, 2008, Galissa Brown walked out of the Nitro Nightclub in west suburban <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stone_Park,_Illinois\">Stone Park<\/a>, Ill., at about 1 a.m. She began walking with some of her friends to their car. The police had already been called to this nightclub because of 4 or 5 stabbings. It had been a violent night.<\/p>\n<p>Two blocks from the nightclub, Brown was the victim of a hit-and-run driver. Brown was taken to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loyolamedicine.org\/\">Loyola Medical Center <\/a>in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maywood-il.org\/\">Maywood, Ill.<\/a>, and pronounced dead at 1:58 a.m. Neither the vehicle nor the individual driver was ever identified.<\/p>\n<p>On Nov. 23, 2009, Reginald Brown, Galissa\u2019s father, filed a lawsuit against Nitro under the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/legislation\/ilcs\/ilcs3.asp?ActID=1404&amp;ChapAct=235%C2%A0ILCS%C2%A05\/&amp;ChapterID=26&amp;ChapterName=LIQUOR&amp;ActName=Liquor+Control+Act+of+1934.\">Liquor Control Act of 1934<\/a>, which is also known as the <a href=\"http:\/\/ilga.gov\/legislation\/publicacts\/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0463\">Illinois Dram Shop Act.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-affirms-dramshop-liability-requires-injured-identify-intoxicated-person\/#more-4100\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Nov. 27, 2008, Galissa Brown walked out of the Nitro Nightclub in west suburban Stone Park, Ill., at about 1 a.m. She began walking with some of her friends to their car. The police had already been called to this nightclub because of 4 or 5 stabbings. It had been a violent night. 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