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· 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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