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· 11/22/1978

Corcoran v. Village of Libertyville

Citations

  • 383 N.E.2d 177
  • 73 Ill. 2d 316
  • 22 Ill. Dec. 701
  • 1978 Ill. LEXIS 369

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that \the foreseeability of harm to children [is] the cornerstone of liability\
  • noting that “the foreseeability of harm to children [is] the cornerstone of liability”
  • stating that “[e]ven if an owner or occupier knows that children frequent his premises, he is not required to protect against the ever-present possibility that children will injure themselves on obvious or common conditions”
  • noting that \the foreseeability of harm to children [is] the cornerstone of liability\
  • explaining that foreseeability is the cornerstone of our duty analysis
  • finding no hidden trap where drowning occurred in a drainage ditch which allegedly had a deceptively steep slope leading into it

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Judges: Moran

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