{"id":4282,"date":"2014-09-18T10:00:56","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T15:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=4282"},"modified":"2014-09-18T19:21:44","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T00:21:44","slug":"illinois-appellate-court-reverses-remands-case-proximate-cause-uncorrected-danger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-reverses-remands-case-proximate-cause-uncorrected-danger\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Appellate Court Reverses and Remands Case on Proximate Cause for Uncorrected Danger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Khalil Bell and his mother, Kimberly Street, lived in a Chicago area apartment. On March 10, 2008, the heat in their apartment was off. To warm the apartment, she turned on the stove and put pots of water on the burners to create steam. After the water had reached the boiling point, she took the pots off the stove.<\/p>\n<p>According to her deposition testimony, one burner was left on and uncovered when she went to take a shower. While Street was showering, her son Khalil, who was living with her, walked into the kitchen. When he did so, his shirt caught on fire burning him severely. On behalf of Khalil Bell, a minor, Street filed a lawsuit against the landlady and building manager, Helen Bakus and Nimo Rasho.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit alleged that the building owner, Bakus, and the building manager, Rasho, had been notified about the unsafe placement of the stove in the apartment and about the lack of heat in the apartment. Street testified at her deposition that neither of the problems were remedied.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-reverses-remands-case-proximate-cause-uncorrected-danger\/#more-4282\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Khalil Bell and his mother, Kimberly Street, lived in a Chicago area apartment. On March 10, 2008, the heat in their apartment was off. To warm the apartment, she turned on the stove and put pots of water on the burners to create steam. 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