Opinion
Gen. No. 9,736. (Abstract of Decision.)
Opinion filed January 27, 1942
NEGLIGENCE, § 21 — liability of store to customer for negligent injury. While a party operating a business to which the public is invited is not an insurer of the safety of patrons, nevertheless it is his duty to use reasonable care to keep the premises in a reasonably safe condition so that invitees will not be injured by reason of any unsafe condition, and a storeowner was accordingly liable for injuries to a customer sustained by reason of the sudden closing of one of the entrance doors whereby she was struck in the back by a horizontal metal bar on the door.
See Callaghan's Illinois Digest, same topic and section number.
Appeal from Circuit Court of Lake county; Hon. RALPH J. DADY, presiding.
Judgment affirmed. Heard in this court at October term, 1941.
L.E. Oliphant, Jr. and Hall Hulse, for appellant;
J.A. Miller, for appellee; Henry D. Fisher, of counsel.
"Not to be published in full." Opinion filed January 27, 1942.