185 Ill. App. 3d 1 - Alcorn v. Stepzinski’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
25 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 37 Ill. 2d 494 - Pedrick v. Peoria & Eastern Railroad · 57 Ill. 2d 376 - Carruthers v. B. C. Christopher & Co. · 62 Ill. 2d 456 - Genaust v. Illinois Power Co. · 10 Ill. App. 3d 625 - Weber v. Northern Illinois Gas Co. · 50 Ill. App. 3d 9 - Manahan v. Daily News-Tribune
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"[T]he configuration of a stairway may be dangerous only if the configuration masks or obscures the stairs in a way which prevents the invitee from becoming aware of the open and obvious configuration of the stairway. [Citations.] * * * We are unaware of any authorities that have held that the owner or occupant of a building must provide a certain kind of stairway for persons or be held guilty of negligence. [Citation.] To hold otherwise would make every landowner an absolute insurer for all injuries occurring on his stairs." Alcorn v. Stepzinski, 185 Ill.App.3d 1, 7 , 132 Ill.Dec. 901 , 540 N.E.2d 823 (1989).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“"The plaintiffs neither allege nor establish factually anything extraordinary about the stairs in question. There is nothing contained in the record to suggest that the stairs were improperly designed, improperly or inadequately lighted, covered with a foreign substance, or that they were slippery. In the vernacular, they were just stairs." Alcorn, 185 Ill.App.3d at 6 , 132 Ill.Dec. 901 , 540 N.E.2d 823 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“We are unaware of any authorities that have held that the owner or occupant of a building must provide a certain kind of stairway for persons or be held guilty of negligence. [Citation.] * * * The trial court was correct in granting summary judgment as there was no duty under this allegation as a matter of law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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