Legal Opinion
Lucille Tagliere v. Harrah's Illinois Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 3, 2006No. 05-2637PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The defendant owns and operates a riverboat casino that at the time of the plaintiffs accident had for the previous two years been moored to a pier on a navigable portion of the Des Plaines River in Illinois; Illinois law permits a casino boat to be moored indefinitely. The plaintiff was playing a slot machine when the stool she was leaning against collapsed and she fell, injuring herself. The boat was stationary when the accident occurred rather than rocking back and forth in the wash of a passing boat. Nevertheless the plaintiff filed suit in federal district court…
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