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judicially created public duty doctrine in Illinois

5 Illinois opinions name it 2 courts 2003–2020 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Illinois courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (3)

CaseFollowedCited
Prosser v. Kennedy Enterprises, Inc.green
mont · 2008 · cited in 2 Illinois opinions naming this issue, 2016–2016
2 sentences

2016The judicially created public duty doctrine “is based on the policy determination that when a governmental entity assumes a duty to protect the general public from harms such as criminal activity, holding the entity liable for a breach of this duty would cause municipalities to be ‘mired hopelessly in civil lawsuits ... for every infraction of the law.’ ” Cope v. Utah Valley State College, 342 P.3d 243, 249 (Utah 2014) (quoting Prosser v. Kennedy Enterprises, Inc., 179 P.3d 1178, 1183 (Mont. 2008)).

2016The judicially created public duty doctrine “is based on the policy determination that when a governmental entity assumes a duty to protect the general public from harms such as criminal activity, holding the entity liable for a breach of this duty would cause municipalities to be ‘mired hopelessly in civil lawsuits ... for every infraction of the law.’ ” Cope v. Utah Valley State College, 342 P.3d 243, 249 (Utah 2014) (quoting Prosser v. Kennedy Enterprises, Inc., - 15 - 179 P.3d 1178, 1183 (Mont. 2008)).

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Cope v. Utah Valley State Collegegreen
utah · 2014 · cited in 2 Illinois opinions naming this issue, 2016–2016
2 sentences

2016The judicially created public duty doctrine “is based on the policy determination that when a governmental entity assumes a duty to protect the general public from harms such as criminal activity, holding the entity liable for a breach of this duty would cause municipalities to be ‘mired hopelessly in civil lawsuits ... for every infraction of the law.’ ” Cope v. Utah Valley State College, 342 P.3d 243, 249 (Utah 2014) (quoting Prosser v. Kennedy Enterprises, Inc., 179 P.3d 1178, 1183 (Mont. 2008)).

2016The judicially created public duty doctrine “is based on the policy determination that when a governmental entity assumes a duty to protect the general public from harms such as criminal activity, holding the entity liable for a breach of this duty would cause municipalities to be ‘mired hopelessly in civil lawsuits ... for every infraction of the law.’ ” Cope v. Utah Valley State College, 342 P.3d 243, 249 (Utah 2014) (quoting Prosser v. Kennedy Enterprises, Inc., - 15 - 179 P.3d 1178, 1183 (Mont. 2008)).

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Coleman v. East Joliet Fire Protection Districtgreen
ill · 2016 · cited in 1 Illinois opinions naming this issue, 2020–2020
1 sentence

2020See Coleman v. East Joliet Fire Protection District, 2016 IL 117952 , ¶¶ 60-61.

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Illinois. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (2)

CaseCitedYears
Zimmerman v. Village of Skokie green
ill · 1998
2 sentences

2003Zimmerman, 183 Ill. 2d at 46 .

2003Zimmerman , 183 Ill. 2d at 46 .

22003–2003
Salvi v. The Village of Lake Zurich green
illappct · 2016
1 sentence

2020Salvi v. Village of Lake Zurich, 2016 IL App (2d) 150249, ¶ 41 .

12020–2020

Statutes the citing opinions construe

IL § 745 ILCS 10/1-101 (3) IL § 745 ILCS 10/1-101.1 (3)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

IL 5 (2003–2020) MI 2 (2006–2006)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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