Duncavage v. Allen

Plaintiff sued the owners of a residential apartment building to recover damages for personal injuries and death sustained by plaintiff’s decedent, Marybeth Duncavage, arising out of a criminal assault by defendant Tommy Lee Jackson. The only defendant involved in this appeal is Kevin J. Allen, the landlord of the apartment building where plaintiff’s decedent resided at the time she was criminally assaulted and killed. Pursuant to defendant’s section 2 — 615 motion, the trial court dismissed for failure to state a cause of action all claims asserted against the owners of the apartment…