Billman v. Frenzel Construction Co.

How courts have described this case

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• summary judgment proper where speculation would be required to prove element of cause of action alleged
• the existence of a fact cannot be inferred when a contrary fact could be inferred with equal certainty from the same evidence
• the existence of a fact cannot be inferred when a contrary fact could be inferred with equal certainty from the same evidence
• summary judgment proper where speculation would be required to prove element of cause of action alleged
• summary judgment proper where speculation would be necessary to prove element of cause of action alleged
• drunk driver was effective intervening cause breaking any causal chain between alleged defects in intersection and resulting injuries

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• McGath v. Price
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2003-06-30· cited 22×
• In Re Estate of Elfayer
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-09-14· cited 14×
• Graham v. Lakeview Pantry
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2020-05-27· cited 10×
• Rodriguez v. Glock, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 1998-12-08· cited 8×
• Parks v. Brinkman
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2014-06-17· cited 5×
• Thompson v. Gordon - Supplemental Filed 02/03/10
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2009-11-19· cited 3×
• Elfayer v. City of Chicago
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-09-14· cited 1×
• Village of Lombard v. Department of Transportation
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2013-11-06· cited 1×
• Thompson v. Gordon
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2010-02-03
• Bultema v. Caterpillar, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 1998-02-10
• Paul v. Department of Transportation
  Court of Claims of Illinois· 1999-08-30

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hunt v. Blasius
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1978-12-04· cited 209×
• Davis v. Marathon Oil Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1976-10-01· cited 154×
• Kimbrough v. Jewel Companies, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1981-01-22· cited 138×
• Thompson v. County of Cook
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1993-01-28· cited 101×
• Ferentchak v. Village of Frankfort
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1985-01-23· cited 91×
• Alop v. Edgewood Valley Community Ass'n
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1987-03-16· cited 42×
• Thorsen v. City of Chicago
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1979-07-10· cited 42×
• Coleman v. Windy City Balloon Port, Ltd.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1987-08-31· cited 40×
• Wood v. Village of Grayslake
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-05-20· cited 37×
• West v. Deere & Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1991-10-31· cited 37×
• Novander v. City of Morris
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1989-04-25· cited 30×
• Yedor v. Centre Properties, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1988-07-12· cited 28×
• Webber v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-09-30· cited 28×
• Billman v. Crown-Trygg Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1990-10-29· cited 22×
• Quintana v. City of Chicago
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-06-22· cited 18×
• Seeger v. Canale
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1993-01-28· cited 13×