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· 3/11/1981

Fireman's Fund American Insurance v. Burns Electronic Security Services, Inc.

Citations

  • 417 N.E.2d 131
  • 93 Ill. App. 3d 298

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “The case might be different had the alarm done or threatened personal injury, which has a special place in the law.”
  • “The chance of a burglary and the potential loss depended not only on the quality of the alarm but on many factors peculiar to Henry Kay [plaintiff’s insured] and within Henry Kay’s knowledge and control.”
  • “economic loss can be recovered in Ohio under strict liability in tort”
  • purchaser “better able * * * to buy any desired amount of insurance”

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Judges: Simon

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