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· 6/30/2021

Victim A. v. Chung Song

Citations

  • 459 Ill. Dec. 295
  • 197 N.E.3d 1187
  • 2021 IL App (1st) 200826

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that criminal activity can be foreseeable when “specific acts occur[] . . . that pose a risk of imminent and foreseeable harm to an identifiable” -12- Nos. 22-1740/1764, McDowell v. Livonia Hotel Business, Inc. individual
  • holding there is no duty to third parties on the part of a premises owner who could not have foreseen the criminal acts of third parties
  • “Whether an invitee is readily identifiable as being foreseeably endangered is a question for the factfinder if reasonable minds could differ on this point.”
  • “Whether an invitee is readily identifiable as being foreseeably endangered is a question for the factfinder if reasonable minds could differ on this point.”
  • “[A]s a matter of law, fulfilling the duty to respond requires only that a merchant make reasonable efforts to contact the police.”
  • “A premises owner’s duty is limited to responding reasonably to situations occurring on the premises because, as a matter of public policy, we should not expect invitors to assume that others will disobey the law.”

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