Blue v. St. Clair Country Club

Mr. Chief Justice

Hershey, dissenting:

To my mind, the Appellate Court correctly decided this case, and its opinion, reported in 4 Ill. App. 2d 284, should be affirmed.

By definition, negligence is based on reasonable foreseeability; and one does not incur a liability unless he has caused an unreasonable risk. Jury verdicts must be judged accordingly. By approving this verdict, I believe the majority have either misapplied the law they profess to be controlling, or, in effect, have so diluted the law of negligence as to malee it mean whatever a jury determines in a particular case.