Supreme Court of Illinois

In an action arising from a shooting incident, dismissal of count I of plaintiff's complaint, which alleges defendants were negligent because they failed to warn plaintiff that a former mutual business partner had made threats against plaintiff's life, is affirmed where no special relationship existed between plaintiff and defendants so as to overcome the no-affirmative-duty rule.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/20/2007
• Published 09/20/2007

Judges

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Pavalon, Gifford & Laatsch (Eugene I. Pavalon, Gary K. Laatsch, Steven A. Greenberg, of counsel), Chicago, for appellants., Anthony B. Sanders, Chicago, Deborah J. LaFetra, Damien M. Schiff, Sacramento, California, for amicus curiae Pacific Legal Foundation.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kirk C. Jenkins, of Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP, Chicago, for appellee Henry Frank., Stephen S. Weiss, Glenn W. Fischer, of Tribler Orpett & Meyer, P.C., Chicago, for appellee Sheldon Gross.