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· 5/15/1992

Barrett v. FOREST PRESERVE DIST. OF COOK CTY.

Citations

  • 593 N.E.2d 990
  • 228 Ill. App. 3d 975
  • 171 Ill. Dec. 170

How courts have described this case

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  • sixteen-year-old in wet shoes should have known not to swing on 30-foot rope over deep ravine
  • dangers associated with rope swing are obvious; defendant owed no duty to protect against type of injuries sustained by plaintiff, injured when she fell from rope that hung from tree on steep incline and swung out over a ravine

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Judges: Laporta

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