· 1/22/1981
Kimbrough v. Jewel Companies, Inc.
Citations
- 416 N.E.2d 328
- 92 Ill. App. 3d 813
- 48 Ill. Dec. 297
- 1981 Ill. App. LEXIS 2001
How courts have described this case
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- explaining that the plaintiff stated in her deposition that she had “no idea” what she may have fallen on
- finding that the plaintiff’s failure to prove one element of negligence, i.e., causal connection between condition and fall, entitles the defendant to summary judgment on the entire negligence claim
- granting summary judgment on plaintiff’s negligence claim where plaintiff admitted in her deposition that she did not know what caused her to fall
- granting judgment as a matter of law because of plaintiff’s failure to establish an element of her prima facie negligence case
- granting summary judgment in favor of defendant store owner where the plaintiff “stated repeatedly in her deposition that she did not know why she fell”
- “No liability can exist unless the defendant’s alleged negligence is the legal cause of the plaintiff’s injury”
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Judges: Romiti
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