LOGAN v. OLD ENTERPRISE FARMS

Nos. 69527, 69531 cons.

139 Ill.2d 229 (1990)

564 N.E.2d 778

ANTHONY LOGAN, a Minor, by His Mother and Next Friend, Jo Ann Berry, et al., Appellees, v. OLD ENTERPRISE FARMS, LTD., et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 21, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen W. Thomson and Curtis L. Blood, of Reed, Armstrong, Gorman, Coffey, Thomson, Gilbert & Mudge, of Edwardsville, for appellant Old Enterprise Farms, Ltd.

John L. McMullin and John P. Cunningham, of Brown, James & Rabbitt, P.C., of Belleville, for appellant O'Fallon United Church of Christ.

Maurice E. Bone, Michael J. Reagan and Alvin C. Paulson, of Kassly, Bone, Becker, Dix, Reagan & Young, P.C., of Belleville, for appellees.

Richard H. Hoffman and Michael Resis, of Querrey & Harrow, Ltd., of Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel.

Kathryn Bettasso, of Patricia C. Bobb & Associates, and Josette Belvedere, both of Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.


Appellate court judgment reversed; circuit court judgment affirmed in part and reversed in part; cause remanded.

JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

On August 7, 1983, 15-year-old Anthony Logan (plaintiff) was injured when he fell from a tree. The accident left plaintiff a quadriplegic. Plaintiff seeks recovery for damages from defendants Old Enterprise Farms, Ltd. (the Farm), and O'Fallon United Church of Christ (the Church) for the injuries...

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