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McCARTY v. PHEASANT RUN, INC.

No. 86-2135.

826 F.2d 1554 (1987)

Dula McCARTY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PHEASANT RUN, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 22, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur L. Klein, Arnstein, Gluck, Lehr, Barron & Milligan, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Byron D. Knight, Judge & Knight, Ltd., Park Ridge, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and CUDAHY and POSNER, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The high crime rate in the United States has interacted with expanding notions of tort liability to make suits charging hotel owners with negligence in failing to protect their guests from criminal attacks increasingly common. See Annot., 28 A.L.R.4th 80 (1984). Dula McCarty, a guest at the Pheasant Run Lodge in St. Charles, Illinois, was assaulted by an intruder in her room, and brought suit against the owner of the resort. The suit charges...

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