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      "RONALD G. HENSON et al., as Independent Co-Adm\u2019rs of the Estate of Rebecca Lynn Henson, a Minor, now Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. DANNY L. ZIEGLER et al., Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants."
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        "text": "PRESIDING JUSTICE BRESLIN\ndelivered the opinion of the court:\nThe plaintiffs, Ronald and Alice Henson, brought this wrongful death action following the drowning of six-year-old Rebecca Henson in an above-ground swimming pool owned by the defendants, Danny and Kathy Ziegler. The defendants moved for summary judgment, arguing that they owed no duty of care to Rebecca, inasmuch as the swimming pool was an open and obvious danger that they reasonably expected Rebecca to avoid. The trial court agreed and granted summary judgment to the defendants.\nIn Henson v. Ziegler, 269 Ill. App. 3d 439, 646 N.E.2d 643 (1995), we held that an above-ground swimming pool was not an open and obvious danger to a six-year-old girl and, thus, reversed the trial court\u2019s grant of summary judgment. The supreme court vacated our decision and remanded it for us to reconsider the issue in light of Mt. Zion State Bank & Trust v. Consolidated Communications, Inc., 169 Ill. 2d 110, 660 N.E.2d 863 (1995). After reviewing Mt. Zion, we are constrained to abandon our prior decision and to affirm the trial court\u2019s grant of summary judgment.\nThe court in Mt. Zion squarely held that an above-ground swimming pool was an open and obvious danger to a six-year-old child. Mt. Zion, 169 Ill. 2d at 120, 660 N.E.2d at 870. As a result of the supreme court\u2019s decision, landowners in this State owe no duty to six-year-old children to protect them from dangers associated with above-ground swimming pools.\nThe court\u2019s holding in Mt. Zion compels a finding in this case that the defendants owed no duty of care to six-year-old Rebecca to protect her from dangers associated with their pool. The plaintiffs therefore cannot establish negligence on the defendants\u2019 part, and the trial court was correct to grant summary judgment to the defendants.\nThe judgment of the circuit court of Marshall County is affirmed.\nAffirmed.\nHOLDRIDGE, P.J., and LYTTON, J., concur.",
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      "Patrick J. Murphy (argued), of Law Offices of Kevin R. Galley, of Lac\u00f3n, for appellants.",
      "Daniel Johns (argued), of Westervelt, Johnson, Nicoll & Keller, of Peoria, and Michael T. Reagan, of Herbolsheimer, Lannon, Henson, Duncan & Reagan, P.C., of Ottawa, for appellees."
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    "head_matter": "RONALD G. HENSON et al., as Independent Co-Adm\u2019rs of the Estate of Rebecca Lynn Henson, a Minor, now Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. DANNY L. ZIEGLER et al., Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants.\nThird District\nNo. 3\u201494\u20140324\nOpinion filed May 14, 1996.\nPatrick J. Murphy (argued), of Law Offices of Kevin R. Galley, of Lac\u00f3n, for appellants.\nDaniel Johns (argued), of Westervelt, Johnson, Nicoll & Keller, of Peoria, and Michael T. Reagan, of Herbolsheimer, Lannon, Henson, Duncan & Reagan, P.C., of Ottawa, for appellees."
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