- Posts by Sarah B. Jansen
AssociateSarah B. Jansen is an experienced litigator. For almost 20 years, she’s successfully defended municipal and corporate clients in state and federal trial and appellate courts. She’s passionate about delving into complicated ...
An Illinois appellate court ruled that property owners owe no legal duty to safeguard unsupervised children who encounter open and obvious risks on the owner’s property, even if the child is too young to appreciate the danger.
Examines two Illinois appellate court opinions that expand law enforcement’s liability under Illinois’ domestic violence law.
We’ve all heard of, or even litigated, those cases where someone does something ridiculous on another person’s property, injuring him or herself in the process, then sues the property owner as if it was somehow the owner’s fault. Rest assured, Illinois’ Second District Appellate Court was having none of this in its recent decision in Lee v. Lee, 2019 IL App (2d) 180923. The decision is noteworthy not only because the court applied the open and obvious defense to an ordinary negligence case, but also because the court sua sponte held as a matter of law—based solely on the ...
