Court Opinion

ID: 9478717
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 06:55:57.388649+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:46:34.742114
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FAGG, Circuit Judge,
dissenting.
Although the court takes the position “that park officials may be negligent in failing to assure that all campsites are free of hidden dangers,” ante at 1152, Illinois law does not require the Government to act as an insurer of the safety of those who use its parks, see Perminas v. Montgomery Ward & Co., 60 Ill.2d 469, 328 N.E.2d 290, 294 (1975). In my view, the Handys failed to prove the Government had constructive knowledge of the hanger’s presence on the campsite, and the district court’s finding to the contrary is clearly erroneous. Thus, I would reverse the district court.