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740 ILCS 130/1 (2026)

This Act is called and may be cited as the "Premises Liability Act"

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(740 ILCS 130/1) (from Ch. 80, par. 301)
    Sec. 1. This Act is called and may be cited as the "Premises Liability Act".
(Source: P.A. 83-1398.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 46 cases (11 in the last 5 years), 1993–2026 · leading case: LaFever v. Kemlite Co., 706 N.E.2d 441 (Ill. 1998).
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LaFever v. Kemlite Co., 706 N.E.2d 441 (Ill. 1998). · cites it 2× “NOTES [1] The common law distinction between invitees and licensees is no longer dispositive of the liability of landowners.”
Elizondo v. Ramirez, 753 N.E.2d 1123 (Ill. App. Ct. 2001). · cites it 2× “Plaintiff posits the existence of a duty on certain sections of the Restatement (Second) of Torts as well as on the Illinois Premises Liability Act (Act) (740 ILCS 130/1 et seq. (West 1996)). Plaintiff also contends that Rodolfo was an invitee to whom a duty was owed.”
Rhodes v. Illinois Cent. Gulf R.R., 665 N.E.2d 1260 (Ill. 1996). “The duty owed to a licensee differed from that owed to an invitee under common law; however, since the enactment of the Premises Liability Act (740 ILCS 130/1 et seq. (West 1994)) that distinction has been eliminated.”
Benamon v. Soo Line R.R., 689 N.E.2d 366 (Ill. App. Ct. 1997). · cites it 2× “However, the Premises Liability Act (740 ILCS 130/1 et seq. (West 1992)) adopted in Illinois in 1984 abolished the common law distinctions of invitee and licensee providing, instead, that the duty owed to entrants is that of "reasonable care under the circumstances regarding the…”
Cobb v. Martin IGA & Frozen Food Ctr., Inc., 785 N.E.2d 942 (Ill. App. Ct. 2003). · cites it 2× “laintiff was a customer shopping in defendant's store, that an unsupervised child ran into plaintiff with a shopping cart while she was shopping, that plaintiff suffered serious injuries to her foot and ankle as a result of the incident, and that defendant was negligent and…”
Thomas v. Johnson Controls, Inc., 801 N.E.2d 90 (Ill. App. Ct. 2003). “” In his complaint, plaintiff asserted that under the Premises Liability Act (740 ILCS 130/1 et seq. (West 1998)), defendant was hable to him for the injuries he suffered when he fell on the loading dock.”
Miller v. Nat'l Ass'n of Realtors, 648 N.E.2d 98 (Ill. App. Ct. 1995). · cites it 2× “(now codified as 740 ILCS 130/1 et seq. (West 1992))). Section 2 of the Act provides, in pertinent part: "The distinction under the common law between invitees and licensees as to the duty owed by an owner or occupier of any premises to such entrants is abolished.”
Simich v. Edgewater Beach Apts. Corp., 857 N.E.2d 934 (Ill. App. Ct. 2006). “Defendants also claim that the Premises Liability Act (Act) (740 ILCS 130/1 et seq. (West 2004)) and relevant jury instructions apply equally to an agent of an owner or occupier as well as to the direct owner.”
Nelson v. Aurora Equip. Co., 391 Ill. App. 3d 1036 (Ill. App. Ct. 2009). “The legislature abolished the distinction between invitees and licensees with the enactment of the Premises Liability Act (740 ILCS 130/1 et seq. (West 2004)) in 1987.”
Wright v. Bd. of Educ. of City of Chicago, 781 N.E.2d 386 (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). “Wright claims the Premises Liability Act (740 ILCS 130/1 et seq. (West 1998)) imposes liability on an owner without regard to the construction statute of repose.”
Torres v. Peoria Park Dist., 2020 IL App (3d) 190248 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “¶ 10 In addition, realleging the factual allegations contained in counts I and II, plaintiffs alleged in count III (related to Michael Torres) and count IV (related to Jaimie Gibson) that the park district violated the Premises Liability Act (740 ILCS 130/1 et seq. (West 2016))…”
Rice v. White, 874 N.E.2d 132 (Ill. App. Ct. 2007). “2 (West 2000)), the Premises Liability Act (740 ILCS 130/1 through 5 (West 2000)), and section 27 — 6 of the Probate Act of 1975 (755 ILCS 5/27 — 6 (West 2000)).”
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