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Trial Judge: criminal attack outside bar not foreseeable. The Illinois Appellate Court: not so fast....
February 18th, 2025
The First Appellate District of Illinois handed down a decision last week speaking to the duty of a bar when a patron becomes unruly, gets ejected and then hurts another patron outside the bar. Defense firms are quick to seek dismissal of these cases arguing that the bar had no reason to anticipate the attack(in legal speak, it was not “foreseeable”…
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Holding a bar liable for criminal acts of third parties requires showing the injury resulted from the same risk present in prior incidents.
September 25th, 2019
The Illinois Appellate Court handed down an opinion last week dealing with the sufficiency of proof when trying to hold a business owner liable for the criminal acts of third parties. In Witcher v. 1104 Madison Street, Toney Adewoye was a patron of Plush Restaurant back in late 2011. The restaurant is located a mile or so west of downtown Chicago. He was with…
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