Personal Injury Law

Case Law Update: Negligence in Premises Liability

Pence v. Northeast Illinois Regional Committee Corporation, No. 1-08-3668 (2-3-10) affirmed a decision ruling that since the plaintiff parked his car in the Metra parking lot, and then walked diagonally across the street, and it was in middle of street tripped on bolt protruding from railroad tie, Metra owed no duty to Plaintiff as he was not a passenger, as he had not yet boarded train and had not purchased train ticket that morning, even though Plaintiff stated that he had monthly train pass and intended to board train. Plaintiff was not in a crosswalk at time of his fall, thus he was not intended user of middle of street and Metra owed no duty of care to him. This Illinois case will impact premises liability.

Full post as published by Illinois Injury Lawyer Blog on February 12, 2010 (boomark / email).