IL · jury_instructions
Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Civil) 110.04
Liability Of Owner Or Keeper Of A Dog Or Other Animal--Statutory Liability
The law provides that [the owner of an animal] [a person keeping an animal] [a person
harboring an animal] [a person who knowingly permits an animal to remain on or about any
premise occupied by that person] is liable in damages for injuries sustained from any attack or
injury by the animal on a person peacefully conducting [himself] [herself] in a place where [he]
[she] may lawfully be [unless that person (or another) provoked the animal] [or] [unless that
person (or another) knew of the presence of the animal and of the unusual and dangerous nature
of the animal and provoked it].
[The term “provoked” means any action or activity, whether intentional or unintentional,
which would reasonably be expected (to cause a normal animal in similar circumstances to react
in a manner similar to that shown by the evidence) (or) (to cause an animal with an unusual and
dangerous nature to react in a manner similar to that shown by the evidence).]
Instruction revised June 2009 and the heading revised August 2025.
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- illinoiscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-19
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