Premises Liability | 1st Dist.
Hanna
v. Creative Designers, Inc., 2016 IL App (1st) 143727 (September 15,
2016) Cook Co., 4th Div. (McBRIDE) Affirmed.
v. Creative Designers, Inc., 2016 IL App (1st) 143727 (September 15,
2016) Cook Co., 4th Div. (McBRIDE) Affirmed.
Plaintiff, a hair stylist operating as independent contractor, filed complaint
for premises liability after a shelf fell and injured her as she stood at her
hair salon station on premises of retirement community.anted summary judgment
for salon owner. Lessor’s maintenance department routinely inspected fixtures
in salon, including countertops. Salon owner did not owe duty to Plaintiff as a
matter of law and was entitled to immunity. Plaintiff did not show that salon
owner had reasonable notice of a dangerous condition on premises, or that salon
owner had constructive notice that countertop at Plaintiff’s station was
defective at time of incident. (HOWSE and COBBS, concurring.)