Hancock v. Luetgert

Plaintiff appeals from orders entered upon defendant’s motion dismissing plaintiff’s amended complaint for personal injuries for failure to state a cause of action.

On September 4, 1974, plaintiff (by his next friend) filed a complaint seeking to recover damages for injuries sustained “on or about July 1, 1973.” The complaint alleged in substance that plaintiff, a 10-year-old boy, and Mark Archers, an 8-year old, “asked, or were asked,” at defendant’s residence “whether they could do some yard work,” which the boys did, “including raking and pulling weeds”; that defendant gave both boys “a…