· 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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