· 9/30/1987
Rabel v. Illinois Wesleyan University
Citations
- 514 N.E.2d 552
- 161 Ill. App. 3d 348
- 112 Ill. Dec. 889
- 1987 Ill. App. LEXIS 3254
How courts have described this case
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- holding that the responsibility of a university \is to properly educate\ its students, not to act as their custodian
- university neither had a duty to protect student, who was injured as a result of a fraternity prank, in its capacity as landlord, nor had it voluntarily assumed or placed itself in a custodial relationship with its students
- university neither had a duty to protect student, who was injured as a result of a fraternity prank, in its capacity as landlord, nor had it voluntarily assumed or placed itself in a custodial relationship with its students
- university policies do not create duty towards students
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