NO. 4-03-0678IN THE APPELLATE COURTOF ILLINOISFOURTH DISTRICTJULIE HEIM; DENNIS HEIM; PATRICIA O'CONNELL; ROBERT O'CONNELL; NANCY CLAPP, as Administratrix with the Will Annexed of the Estate of SHARLIS A. HELPHINSTINE, Deceased; and NANCY CLAPP, as Executrix of the Estate of JOHN HELPHINSTINE, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. JUSTIN HERRICK; CONNIE COLCORD; and EAGLE FOOD CENTERS, INC., a Delaware Corporation, d/b/a EAGLE FOOD CENTER, NO. 297, Defendants, and CTK, INC., an Illinois Corporation, d/b/a THE NORTHENDER, Defendant-Appellant. | ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) | Appeal from Circuit Court of Macon County No. 00L156 Honorable Lisa Holder White,| Judge Presiding. |
JUSTICE APPLETON delivered the opinion of the court: Plaintiffs sued defendants, Eagle Food Centers, Inc.,doing business as Eagle Food Center, No. 297 (Eagle), and CTK,Inc., doing business as the Northender (CTK), under the LiquorControl Act of 1934 (Dramshop Act) (235 ILCS 5/6-21(a) (West2000)). While discovery was still underway, Eagle filed, in theUnited States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District ofIllinois, Eastern Division, a voluntary petition for relief underchapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. |