HARRIS v. WALKER

No. 64994.

119 Ill.2d 542 (1988)

519 N.E.2d 917

RONALD K. HARRIS, JR., Appellee, v. AL WALKER, d/b/a Ky-Wa Acres, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed February 11, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis J. Lynch and Gary S. Schwab, of Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, of Springfield, for appellant.

Anthony C. Raccuglia & Associates, of Peru (Louis L. Bertrand, of counsel), and Sherman, Gray & Lloyd, of Chicago (Thayne D. Gray and Kurt D. Lloyd, of counsel), for appellee.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

JUSTICE SIMON delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Ronald K. Harris, Jr., was injured when he fell off a horse he had rented from the Ky-Wa Acres riding stables, owned and operated by the defendant, Al Walker. Filing a two-count personal injury action in Bureau County circuit court, plaintiff based count I upon section 16 of the Animal Control Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 8, par. 366), and grounded...

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