Horcher v. Guerin

How courts have described this case

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

• a risk of harm is unreasonable if caused by “hidden, unusual or not to be expected dangers from the premises”
• complaint merely alleges conclusion that violation of building code (inoperative windows) was proximate cause of injury from fire; however, nothing indicates causal connection between inoperative windows and actual injury of plaintiff

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Fancil v. Q.S.E. Foods, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1975-05-19· cited 198×
• Walters v. Sloan
  California Supreme Court· 1977-11-28· cited 157×
• Court v. Grzelinski
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1978-07-14· cited 101×
• Washington v. Atlantic Richfield Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1976-11-15· cited 49×
• Mangan v. F. C. Pilgrim & Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1975-09-24· cited 40×
• Parra v. Tarasco, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-06-12· cited 34×
• Trainor v. Santana
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1981-06-15· cited 24×
• Erickson v. Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1974-07-12· cited 19×
• Carpenter v. O'DAY
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1988-07-18· cited 18×
• Marquart v. Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1975-07-18· cited 16×
• Coglianese v. Mark Twain Limited Partnership
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1988-05-18· cited 15×
• Luetje v. Corsini
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1984-07-20· cited 15×
• Soto Rivera v. Tropigas de Puerto Rico, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1986-12-04· cited 12×
• Zimmerman v. Fasco Mills Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1998-12-30· cited 10×
• Washington v. Atlantic Richfield Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1976-02-25· cited 3×
• Vroegh v. J & M Forklift
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1993-08-20· cited 3×
• Tolentino v. Clifford's Towing & Recovery, LLC
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2026-01-14

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Dini v. Naiditch
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1960-09-30· cited 268×
• Krauth v. Israel Geller and Buckingham Homes, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1960-01-11· cited 199×
• Driscoll v. C. Rasmussen Corp.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1966-05-23· cited 83×
• Altepeter v. Virgil State Bank
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1952-03-24· cited 45×
• Beccue v. Rockford Park District
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1968-04-16· cited 39×
• Jackson v. Velveray Corp.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1964-03-04· cited 33×
• Netherton v. Arends
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1967-03-31· cited 16×
• Schwartz v. City of Chicago
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1965-10-18· cited 10×
• Mick v. the Kroger Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1966-07-12· cited 5×