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SKINNER v. MAHOMET SEYMOUR SCH. DIST. NO. 3

No. 16087.

90 Ill. App.3d 655 (1980)

413 N.E.2d 507

MICHAEL SKINNER, a Minor, by Josephine Skinner, his Mother and Next Friend, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MAHOMET SEYMOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 3, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed November 26, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Langan, of McClellan & Langan, of Champaign, for appellant.

Phebus, Tummelson, Bryan & Knox, of Urbana (Hurshal C. Tummelson and Janet A. Flaccus, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE MILLS delivered the opinion of the court:

The principle of liberal pleading simply cannot be stretched to encompass a paucity and dearth of allegations.

There must be a bottom line on even barely adequate pleading, and we have reached it in this case.

The minor plaintiff brought an action to recover damages for an injury suffered while using playground equipment on school grounds in the control of the...

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