Teter v. Clemens

The plaintiff, Brian Teter, brought this action to recover for injuries that he sustained in a childhood accident at the home of the defendants, Orville Clemens and his wife, Betty. The circuit court of Kane County dismissed the plaintiffs amended complaint for failure to state a cause of action. The appellate court, however, held that a cause of action was stated under one of the two theories for recovery alleged by the plaintiff. (131 Ill. App. 3d 434.) We allowed the defendants’ petition for leave to appeal (94 Ill. 2d R. 315(a)), which brought before us as well the plaintiff’s contention…