Wilcoxen v. Paige

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• where a person accepts responsibility for controlling an animal, she cannot maintain a cause of action for injuries resulting from her own failure to control the animal
• title of act is part of the statute and should be considered in construing it
• owner and operator of dog boarding and grooming business barred from bringing action against dog's legal owner because plaintiff was an \owner\ under Illinois dog-bite statute and therefore could not recover given her own failure to control dog

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