Court Opinion

ID: 9819312
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 06:22:30.438552+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:11:33.561687
License: Public Domain

JUSTICE WOLFSON, specially concurring in part and dissenting in part: I agree that the Chicago Municipal Code creates a private right of action for the kind of landlord conduct alleged in the plaintiff s complaint. I am unable to agree that a strict liability cause of action may be found in the Illinois Lead Poisoning Prevention Act (410 ILCS 45/1 et seq. (West 1994)). The Act refers to certain landlord conduct being “prima facie evidence of negligence” (410 ILCS 45/15 (West 1994)). Since the Act creates a negligence action of sorts, I believe the General Assembly did not intend, by its silence, to create a broader, easier-to-prove strict liability action. I respectfully dissent from that part of the majority’s opinion.