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· 6/9/2022

Corcoran v. Rotheimer

Citations

  • 216 N.E.3d 281
  • 465 Ill. Dec. 1030
  • 2022 IL App (1st) 201374

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that the Arizona Canal should be treated as a natural watercourse and landowners could not recover damages for negligence, trespass, inverse condemnation, and strict liability claims stemming from the choice of location near the Arizona Canal
  • question is whether the artificial body of water “has developed the characteristics of a natural watercourse”
  • no strict liability for waters escaping from natural water course
  • no strict liability for waters escaping from natural water course

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