Hastings v. Exline

How courts have described this case

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• clarifying that while we look to what the landowner could have reasonably anticipated, “analysis under the deliberate encounter doctrine must in- volve at least some focus on the actions and motivations of the entrant.”
• clarifying that while we look to what the landowner could have reasonably anticipated, “analysis under the deliberate encounter doctrine must in- volve at least some focus on the actions and motivations of the entrant.”
• determining that the deliberate-encounter exception did not apply where exiting the front door of a residence would have provided the plaintiff with a “reasonable alternative[ ]” to exiting the back door and encountering a known dangerous condition
• noting the “tension” between the deliberate encounter exception and the assumption of risk doctrine as explained by Smithers and stating that the fireman’s rule may well present a “specialized case”
• noting the “tension” between the deliberate encounter exception and the assumption or risk doctrine as explained by Smithers and stating that the fireman’s rule may well present a “specialized case”
• “The only Illinois case we have located discussing the assumption-of-risk doctrine as it relates to the deliberate encounter exception is Smithers ***”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).