08-10-2006, 09:50 AM
Be careful, or better yet, keep your lawyer handy.....
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CHICAGO -- Frances Petrizzi was looking forward to a night out with four generations of her family.
But dinner at Maggiano's Little Italy in Skokie ended tragically when the 86-year-old Chicago woman tumbled down the stairs and died.
The accident seven weeks ago led her family to file a negligence lawsuit Wednesday against the restaurant. Petrizzi had been waiting outside with her 94-year-old sister while other relatives were waiting for a table inside.
Attorney Francis Patrick Murphy said Petrizzi's family was sitting on a bench in a crowded area where the dine-in and take-out areas meet -- and also where stairs go down to a lower-level restroom. Petrizzi fell down those 12 steps, broke her neck and died the same day, Murphy said.
Murphy said the stairs are now blocked by a velvet rope and sometimes by a staffer. Petrizzi's sons, Donald and Richard, are seeking unspecified damages in the suit filed in Cook County Circuit Court.
A restaurant manager referred a call to corporate officials, who couldn't be reached.
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I say we ban all stairs!!!!
sorry, Jerry.
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CHICAGO -- Frances Petrizzi was looking forward to a night out with four generations of her family.
But dinner at Maggiano's Little Italy in Skokie ended tragically when the 86-year-old Chicago woman tumbled down the stairs and died.
The accident seven weeks ago led her family to file a negligence lawsuit Wednesday against the restaurant. Petrizzi had been waiting outside with her 94-year-old sister while other relatives were waiting for a table inside.
Attorney Francis Patrick Murphy said Petrizzi's family was sitting on a bench in a crowded area where the dine-in and take-out areas meet -- and also where stairs go down to a lower-level restroom. Petrizzi fell down those 12 steps, broke her neck and died the same day, Murphy said.
Murphy said the stairs are now blocked by a velvet rope and sometimes by a staffer. Petrizzi's sons, Donald and Richard, are seeking unspecified damages in the suit filed in Cook County Circuit Court.
A restaurant manager referred a call to corporate officials, who couldn't be reached.
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I say we ban all stairs!!!!
sorry, Jerry.