Madden v. F.H. Paschen/S.N. Nielson, Inc.

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• holding that the statement that an area was “under control” of the defendants at the time of the accident at issue was a legal conclusion rather than a statement of fact
• holding that the statement that an area was \under control\ of the defendants at the time of the accident at issue was a legal conclusion rather than a statement of fact
• noting for a premises liability claim, it is a prerequisite that the defendant be a possessor of land with intent to control it, as he is in the best position to discover and control its dangers
• noting for a premises liability claim, it is a prerequisite that the defendant be a possessor of land with intent to control it, as he is in the best position to discover and control its dangers
• “an affidavit will be stricken under Rule 191(a) to the extent that it contains unsupported assertions and *** conclusory statements”
• powers associated with control over premises include the power to exclude people from the premises and the power to direct the use of the premises

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).