Whitledge v. Klein

This matter is before the court pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 308 (155 Ill. 2d R. 308) and presents four questions certified for review. The questions are as follows:

“[(1)] Do lease provisions of a tenant’s residential lease — which provide in substance that the landlord shall not be responsible for property damage to the tenant’s personal property in case of accident and that the tenant is to purchase and look solely to his own rental insurance for any such loss — require dismissal of such tenant’s suit for property damage due to fire allegedly caused by the negligence of the owner/property…