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Customer Sues Elmhurst Bar for Not Preventing Fight

The lawsuit alleges the business didn't have enough security.

Elmhurst, IL - A man is suing over claims that an Elmhurst bar was negligent by not preventing him from being assaulted in the bar.

Christopher Jennings filed a lawsuit in Cook County against The Snuggery, located at 122 S York St. in Elmhurst, and Jerry A. Pelikan, a man who allegedly hit him, according to the Cook County Record.

Jennings claims in the suit that Pelikan hit him in the face several times, and the bar didn't offer enough security to prevent the drunken fight.

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Jennings is asking for a judgement in excess of $50,000.

Read more on this story from the Cook County Record.

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