The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the First District Appellate Court in Krywin v. CTA, 391 Ill. App. 3d 663 (1st Dist. 2009). (Please see our summary in that case by clicking here).

A little over one year ago, the appellate court held that, because of the “natural-accumulations rule,” a common carrier -- the CTA -- was not liable for the plaintiff's injuries when she slipped and fell on a natural accumulation of ice and snow as she tried to exit a train. Today, the Supreme Court affirmed that ruling.

The full-text of the opinion is here. The IML Summary of this case is here. We will report on this case in our next Legal Bulletin.