Legal Opinion
Tomczak v. Planetsphere, Inc.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided August 14, 2000No. 1-99-3603PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gallagher
This is an appeal from an order that granted summary judgment to defendant. Plaintiff, Camille Tomczak, appeals, claiming that the Roller Skating Rink Safety Act (the Act) (745 ILCS 72/1 et seq. (West 1998)) does away with the requirement that a plaintiff must allege and prove actual or constructive notice on the part of a landowner before liability will attach. This is an issue of first impression under the Act. We affirm.
Plaintiff testified in her deposition that she was roller skating on November 16, 1996, at Orbit Skate Center in Palatine, which is owned and operated by defendant,…
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