Kellman v. Twin Orchard Country Club

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• stating that Illinois courts no longer recognize the term res gestae
• affirming -9- summary judgment when the plaintiff’s testimony only gave the possibility of a cause and was not enough to establish a causal relationship between the alleged negligence and plaintiff’s injuries
• affirming summary judgment when the plaintiff’s testimony only gave the possibility of a cause and was not enough to establish a causal relationship between the alleged negligence and plaintiff’s injuries
• affirming summary judgment on the grounds that expert’s testimony indicated nothing more than a “possibility” that the dangerous condition had caused plaintiff to slip and was therefore insufficient to establish a causal relationship
• more than the mere “occurrence of an accident [is required to] support an inference of negligence”
• summary judgment is proper where there is “nothing in the record from which it can be inferred that any alleged act or omission of defendant was the proximate cause of decedent’s injuries”

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