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Illinois' Third District Appellate Court

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  • Sued over fall on ice, truck stop gets victory in Illinois appeals court

    By Daniel Fisher |
    OTTAWA, Ill. (Legal Newsline) - A truck stop was properly dismissed from a lawsuit by a man who slipped and fell on an icy sidewalk because it had no duty to keep the walk entirely clear of ice, an Illinois appeals court ruled. Only if employees tried to clear the walk and created an “unnatural accumulation” of snow and ice would the station be liable, the court said.