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· 4/6/1964

Owen v. Vic Tanny's Enterprises

Citations

  • 199 N.E.2d 280
  • 48 Ill. App. 2d 344
  • 8 A.L.R. 3d 1388
  • 1964 Ill. App. LEXIS 732

How courts have described this case

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  • ruling that exculpatory agreement did not violate public policy, where member of exercise facility slipped and fell while leaving facility’s swimming pool
  • enforcing release against gymnasium member alleging her wrist was injured in slip and fall on smooth spot on shower room floor
  • “If the public interest is involved, it is for the legislature to make such pronouncements. Absent appropriate legislative action, we must hold that the instant exculpatory clause barred [the] plaintiff’s suit ***.”

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Judges: Presiding-, Murphy, Burman, Kluczynski

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