Watson v. JC Penney Co., Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• noting that the plaintiff should address his argument regarding an “antiquated” rule of law to the legislature
• noting that the plaintiff should address his argument regarding an \antiquated\ rule of law to the legislature
• explaining that if the sixty-year-old natural accumulations rule is to be overruled, it should be by the Illinois legislature or the Supreme Court of Illinois
• up to the legislature to make a change in the natural accumulation rule
• this court stated that the plaintiff’s request to overrule the natural-accumulation rule should be addressed “to the legislature, which formulates the public policy of this State and which could change this ‘antiquated rule’ if it wished”
• up to the legislature to make a change in the natural accumulation rule

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Krywin v. Chicago Transit Authority
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2010-08-29· cited 201×
• Tzakis v. Dominick's Finer Foods, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2005-03-24· cited 34×
• Ordman v. Dacon Management Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-05-03· cited 32×
• People v. Ferrell
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1995-12-29· cited 29×
• People v. Cherry Valley Public Library District
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2005-03-03· cited 25×
• Koziol v. Hayden
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1999-12-17· cited 21×
• Sheffer v. Springfield Airport Authority
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-04-13· cited 17×
• Yette v. Casey's General Stores, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-06-16· cited 17×
• Kellermann v. Car City Chevrolet-Nissan, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1999-07-21· cited 15×
• Northcutt v. Chapman
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2004-11-30· cited 7×
• People v. CHERRY VALLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2005-05-04· cited 7×
• Pytlewski v. United States
  N.D. Illinois· 1998-01-26· cited 6×
• Zahumensky v. Chicago White Sox, Ltd.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2019-06-28· cited 2×
• Charet v. United States
  N.D. Illinois· 1996-02-27· cited 1×
• Krywin v. Chicago Transit Authority
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2010-07-15
• Kellermann v. Cary City Chevrolet-Nissan, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1999-07-21
• Koziol v. Hayden
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2000-01-25
• People v. Cherry Valley Public Library District Supplemental Opinion on Denial of Rehearing - replaces orig. opinion filed 3/3/05
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2005-05-04

Cites

24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ward v. K Mart Corp.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1990-04-18· cited 673×
• Loyola Academy v. S & S Roof Maintenance, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1992-01-23· cited 538×
• Genaust v. Illinois Power Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1976-01-20· cited 279×
• Fancil v. Q.S.E. Foods, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1975-05-19· cited 198×
• Quinlivan v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1975-11-25· cited 134×
• Geraghty v. Burr Oak Lanes, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1955-03-22· cited 105×
• Isaacson v. Husson College
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1972-11-14· cited 78×
• In Re Estate of Whittington
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1985-06-05· cited 59×
• Blue v. St. Clair Country Club
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1955-11-23· cited 58×
• Kremer v. Carr's Food Center, Inc.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1969-12-22· cited 56×
• Olsen Ex Rel. Reilly v. Copeland
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1979-06-29· cited 52×
• Lansing v. County of McLean
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1978-01-27· cited 42×
• Wright v. St. John's Hospital
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-05-28· cited 38×
• Eichler v. Plitt Theatres, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1988-03-28· cited 37×
• Tersavich v. First National Bank & Trust of Rockford
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1991-04-18· cited 32×
• Wilson v. Gorski's Food Fair
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1990-03-30· cited 23×
• Strappelli v. City of Chicago
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1939-02-15· cited 22×
• Melton v. Central Illinois Public Service Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-10-31· cited 18×
• Nowicki v. Union Starch & Refining Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1973-01-26· cited 16×
• Estate of Ritchie v. Farrell
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-05-13· cited 15×