Teter v. Clemens

Plaintiff, Brian Teter, appeals from the dismissal of his amended complaint upon the motion to dismiss (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 110, par. 2 — 615) of defendants, Orville and Betty Clemens. Plaintiff, age five at the time of the occurrence, stated in his complaint that he sustained injury resulting from being struck in the eye with a pellet which had been fired from a pellet pump pistol by the defendants’ five-year-old grandson who had come into possession of that pistol from a place alleged to be accessible to the reach of the grandson on defendants’ premises.

The issues presented on appeal…