Plaintiffs were awarded $19.155 million, plus $35 million in punitive damages, following a jury trial for injuries sustained in a rear-ender vehicular accident in Indiana.
The plaintiff filed a wrongful death and survival action after her 17-year-old son was fatally shot in the parking lot of a university’s arena after a high school basketball game there.
A plaintiff suing the City of Chicago was denied recovery for injuries she suffered for falling into a five-foot-long pothole. Because she parked the back one-third of her car in a no-parking zone, she was not an “intended and permitted user” of the street.
Attorneys would be well-served to appreciate the implications of an important legal trend in personal jurisdiction caselaw and be prepared to incorporate these developments into their practice.
In order to sustain a premises liability lawsuit based upon an unnatural accumulation of ice, a plaintiff must provide evidence that the condition was caused by the defendant and that the defendant knew of the dangerous condition.
Parties in Illinois asbestos cases must routinely consider forum non conveniens and foreign law issues. Here is what they need to consider when comparing Illinois with other venues.
On June 28, 2018, the First District Appellate Court of Illinois held that given evidence as to management, reduction of safety managers, overtime hours, and prior OSHA violations, the plaintiff sufficiently established proximate cause in a willful and wanton conduct personal injury claim based upon a negligent hiring theory.
A minor's personal injury recovery is subject to the valid liens of health care providers. To recoup a minor's medical expenses, you must properly plead your client's claim.
The company insuring the defendant in your client's lawsuit has filed for bankruptcy - now what? This article describes important steps to take to assure your client's recovery.
Plaintiff was bicycling on Lakefront Trail, a shared-use path along the shore of Lake Michigan, when his front wheel got caught in a crack in the pavement. He fell and was injured.
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that a bicyclist who fell because of a crack in Chicago's Lakefront Trail had not shown the park district was guilty of willful and wanton conduct.
State Farm paid out $14 million for dog-related claims in Illinois in 2016, second only to California. The Illinois Animal Control Act is part of the reason why.
On March 23, 2017, the Illinois Supreme Court affirmed a directed verdict in favor of defendants on supervisory immunity, holding there was no willful and wanton conduct involved in a school injury.
Landowners are protected by statute against suits for negligent snow removal, but the liability shield doesn't extend to everything snow and ice related, the Illinois Supreme Court rules.
A p.i. plaintiff's path to proving proximate cause is rarely a cakewalk. Other possible causes and potential tortfeasors pose challenges for plaintiffs and create opportunities for defendants.
Plaintiff's suit for negligent property maintenance was properly decided by the trial court on summary judgment because no genuine issue of fact existed since plaintiff failed to satisfy the burden of proving constructive notice.
The Illinois Supreme Court rules that a direct victim suing for negligent infliction of emotional distress must allege physical impact, surprising those who thought the rule had been abrogated.
The Snow and Ice Removal Act (745 ILCS 75/0.01 et seq.) does not immunize property owners from claims of liability for injuries allegedly caused by icy sidewalks due to an otherwise negligent failure to maintain the premises or premise defects.
With no retroactive effect, the Snow Removal Service Liability Limitation Act aims to void contracts that are deemed against public policy for indemnifying service providers who remove snow and ice for private parties.
The second district affirmed a summary judgment ruling for the defendant over the plaintiff's claims that the pleadings established a question of material fact.
Only "fair and reasonable" medical bills are admissible as evidence in Illinois. But what does that mean in a world where hospitals and doctors charge far more than they routinely accept?
The supreme court recently abolished the "public duty rule," which held that fire departments and like entities owed no duty of care to provide services.
The authors argue that among other shortcomings, verdict forms for contribution and apportionment of liability in tort cases fail to account for a fundamental reality: contribution is a defendant's right, not the plaintiff's.
Though the terms are sometimes used interchangeably, wrongful death and survival actions are anything but identical. Failing to understand the differences can cost you and your client.
To successfully argue for or against future damages, lawyers must understand the meaning of "reasonable degree of medical certainty" and know when expert testimony is and isn't required.
On May 21, 2015, the Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the general rule that, as a matter of law, suicide is an unforeseeable event that breaks the causal chain in both negligent and intentional torts
Owners are not liable for falls caused by a natural accumulation of ice, snow, or water on their property. But what is a "natural accumulation"? This article looks at the law.