Legal Opinion

Sumner v. Hebenstreit

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided April 18, 1988No. 5-86-0716PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Welch

Plaintiff, Charles Sumner, appeals from a summary judgment entered against him and in favor of defendant, Gloria Hebenstreit, on October 2,1986, by the circuit court of St. Clair County. We affirm.

On February 2, 1984, plaintiff filed an amended complaint seeking damages for injuries he sustained when he dove into a water-filled sandpit owned by defendant. From the complaint, depositions and answers to interrogatories on file, the following facts can be adduced. On August 1, 1982, plaintiff, then 19 years of age, and several of his friends went to a water-filled sandpit located near New…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Fuller v. JusticeAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983
  2. Chisolm v. StephensAppellate Court of Illinois · 1977
  3. Hocking v. RehnquistIllinois Supreme Court · 1969
  4. Trout v. Bank of BellevilleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
  5. Keller v. MolsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1984

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3Cited by18 opinions

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  4. Burns Philp Food, Inc. v. Cavalea Continental Freight, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
  5. Miller v. General Motors Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1990

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