· 4/21/1998
Frost v. Robave, Inc.
Citations
- 694 N.E.2d 581
- 296 Ill. App. 3d 528
- 230 Ill. Dec. 612
How courts have described this case
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- finding that the statute does not provide three separate categories of liability, namely, care, custody, and knowing permission; instead, they are examples of keeper or harborer or “at the least, usually would be encompassed within the term ‘keeping’ or ‘harboring’ ”
- the Animal Control Act “applies to legal owners as well as anyone who keeps or harbors a dog”
- the Animal Control Act \applies to legal owners as well as anyone who keeps or harbors a dog.\
- Illinois courts have consistently held that a person’s status as keeper is dependent upon control over the animal at the time of the injury
- a keeper is one who “had control over the animal at the time of the injury or immediately prior to the injury” and a harborer is one who provided food and shelter on a semi-permanent nature
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Judges: Rakowski
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