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"A man who was hit with a bottle while standing in the doorway of a bar has filed suit against the bar.<br /><br />Geoffrey Q. Lancey was standing in the doorway of Blues on Main in Collinsville on June 27 when an employee who was fighting with another person smashed a bottle across Lancey's arm and body, according to the complaint filed Jan. 15 in St. Clair County Circuit Court.<br /><br />\"At all relevant times: Employee was acting in the scope of his employment; Employee was not provoked by Plaintiff; and Plaintiff was an invitee of Defendant,\" the suit states.<br /><br />Because of the incident, Lancey's arm muscles, ligaments, membranes, nerves and blood vessels were displaced, bruised, cut, torn and injured and their functions were impaired, the suit states.<br /><br />He also alleges he suffered pain, has incurred medical expenses, has lost money from his usual occupation and his future earning capacity has been damaged.<br /><br />Blues on Main was negligent by managing a business that allowed an employee to injure Lancey, by failing to safely control its premises and through the actions of its employee, according to the complaint.<br /><br />In the two-count suit, Lancey is seeking a judgment in excess of $100,000, plus costs.<br /><br />Chris Kolker of Kolker Law Offices in Belleville will be representing him.<br /><br /><i>St. Clair County Circuit Court case number: 09-L-0016.</i><br />"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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