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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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