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Judge to Rule After Lawyers Debate Lighting, Foreseeability in Staircase Fall Case
Summary
At a circuit civil docket call, attorneys debated whether a March 1, 2022 fall on an unlit wooden staircase supports a premises liability claim; the court took the summary‑judgment motion under advisement.
A Dixon County judge said he will rule after taking under advisement competing arguments over whether poor lighting on a wooden staircase caused a March 1, 2022 fall that injured Marcia Patrick.
Plaintiff Marcia Patrick is suing M and S, LLC, the owner of the Spring Street Center, over injuries she says she suffered leaving a fitness class. Defense attorney Chad Hogue argued at the May docket call that the fall occurred at 6:32 p.m., about 20 minutes after full dark, and that Patrick had used the staircase repeatedly and therefore had as much knowledge of the condition as the owner. Hogue told the court…
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