Lamkin v. Towner

The primary issue in this case is whether liability can be imposed under theories of negligence or strict products liability for damages sustained by a child who fell through a window screen.

On September 1, 1982, appellee Dustin Pace, a minor, lived with his mother in an apartment in Alton, Illinois. Dustin’s bedroom was on the second floor of the apartment. That morning, appellee Robin Pace, Dustin’s mother, had opened the window in Dustin’s bedroom and left the window screen down. From the bathroom on the second floor, Robin heard a sound coming from Dustin’s bedroom. Running from the…