United States Seventh Circuit

Hresil v. Sears, 403 N.E.2d 678, does not provide a ten-minute safe harbor for heavily trafficked stores to find and clean up spills creating an unsafe condition. Rather, a stores's duty of inspection and cleanup depends on the particulars of each case.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/12/2000
• Decided 02/22/2001
• Published 02/22/2001

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, POSNER, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Christopher Henson (argued), Mustain, Lindstrom & Henson, Galesburg, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• James W. Ozog, P. Timothy Grandchamp (argued), Momkus, Ozog & McCluskey, Downers Grove, IL, for defendant-appellee.