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Illinois Appellate Court Holds When More Than Two Years Have Passed After Decedent’s Death, Mortgagee May Not Initiate a Foreclosure
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$15.64 Million Default Judgment Entered Against Individual and Insurance Company in Rear-End Collision
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$12 Million Settlement in Commercial Truck Crash Resulting in Amputation of Both Legs
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$1.12 Million Jury Verdict in Rear-End Crash
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Cook County Circuit Court Judge Rejects Hyland Illinois Prejudgment Interest Ruling
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$6.62 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Secure Platform, Perform Safety Inspections
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$750,000 Jury Verdict in Tractor-Trailer Incident
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Rejection of Bad Faith Claim in Million Dollar Insurance Policy Limit Lawsuit
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Cook County Judge Finds Prejudgment Rule Unconstitutional
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$1.85 Million Jury Verdict in Negligent Entrustment Lawsuit of Tow Truck Driver
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$5 Million Settlement in Failure to Yield to Pedestrian in Crosswalk
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Illinois Supreme Court Remands Truck Injury Lawsuit for Review for Judicial Admission
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Illinois Appellate Court Answers Two Questions Related to Suing a Deceased Defendant
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$1 Million Settlement in Failure to Yield Right-of-Way, Motorcycle/Truck Intersection Crash
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$4.98 Million Jury Verdict in Rear-End Collision
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$74 Million Jury Verdict in Negligent Resurfacing Project Caused Wrongful Death
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$7 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Yield to Pedestrian in Crosswalk
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Denial of Dismissal of Personal Injury Lawsuit Where a Binding Arbitration Was Unenforceable
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$110 Million Jury Verdict in Favor of Tire Company
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Motion to Dismiss Derivative Lawsuit Where No Certified Answer was Filed by Defendants
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Distribution of $9 Million Estate to Unrelated Individuals
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$868,000 Settlement Reached in Improper Lookout Case in Multi-Vehicle Crash
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$547,000 Jury Verdict in Rear-End Crash
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Trial Court in Implied Right of Action Case
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Illinois Supreme Court Reverses in Breach of Fiduciary Duties for Lack of Damages in Corporate Usurpation Lawsuit
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$600,000 Settlement for Improper Lookout in Commuter Train Crossing Injury
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Illinois Supreme Court Decides Contribution Act Exception, Obligation of a Tortfeasor Who Is Not Uncollectible
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$1 Million Settlement Reached in Truck Crash with Moped Rider
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Denial of Lawsuit Regarding $3 Million Estate to Homeless Individual
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Exclusion of Plaintiff’s Expert Witness and Summary Judgment in Product Liability Lawsuit
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms General Verdict for Defendant in Wrongful Death, Survival Action Case
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$9 Million Settlement for Wrongful Death in Failure to Perform Adequate Background Check in Tractor-Trailer Crash
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$4.8 Million Court Order for Brain Injury Caused by Lack of Carbon Monoxide Detector
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$6 Million Jury Verdict in Head-On Crash Case
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$2.5 Million Settlement Reached in Rear-End Crash
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$1.25 Million Settlement Reached in Failure to Maintain Lane at Construction Site
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State Appellate Court Affirms Judgment in Breach of Contract and Quantum Meruit Lawsuit
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$1.5 Million Settlement for Negligent Assembly of Air Pollution Control Equipment
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$2 Million Settlement for Traumatic Brain Injury Suffered by Minor in Failure to Obey Red Light
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Good Faith Finding in Wrongful Death, Joint Tortfeasor Contribution Act Lawsuit
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$1.2 Million Settlement Reached in Failure to Yield Right of Way
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$765,000 and $498,500 Settlements Reached in Flatbed Trailer Truck Crash Caused by Faulty Brakes
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U.S. District Court Rejects Defendant’s Causation Defense in Tractor-Trailer Death Case
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds Limited Liability Company Co-Owner is Entitled to Prejudgment Interest and Share Interest Under the Illinois Limited Liability Company Act
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U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Decides Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claim
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$5.17 Million Settlement Reached for Catastrophic Injury to an Electrician at Construction Site
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Judgment in Favor of Plaintiff Based Upon an Admission of Negligence Under the Theory of Agency
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$21.5 Million Jury Verdict in Rear-End Collision at Railroad Crossing
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$1.63 Million Jury Verdict in Tractor-Trailer Crash Caused by Failure to Stop at Intersection
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Rear-End Crash Causes Serious Cervical and Lumbar Spine Injury; $1 Million Settlement Reached
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Duty to Defend Subcontractor for Employee Injured on Construction Job
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Order Regarding Specific and General Jurisdiction
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Order for Defendant to Produce Insurer Information Regarding Hired Controlled Physician Experts
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$200,000 Jury Verdict for Injured in Intersection Crash
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Defense Verdict Over Issue of Duty Owed to Injured Worker
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Based on Statute of Limitations for Counterclaim
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$70.5 Million Jury Verdict in Semi-Tractor-Trailer Crash with Passenger SUV
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$5.5 Million Jury Verdict in Tractor-Trailer Intersection Crash That Killed Driver
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms in Part, Reverses in Part — Lawsuit Involving Limited Liability Corporation Members and Prejudgment Interest
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$3.42 Million Jury Verdict Entered for Death of Construction Worker When Trench Collapsed
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$20 Million Jury Verdict in the Deaths of Two Workers in Fire at Oil Rig
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal of Injured Plaintiff’s Case Who Sued the Wrong Entity, Allowing Piercing of Corporate Veil
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$1 Million Settlement, But No Recovery as Insurer is Placed in Liquidation
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Open-and-Obvious Doctrine Unavailable in Elevator Door Case
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$23.05 Million Jury Verdict in School Bus Crash for Injured Minor
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$7 Million Settlement Reached for Death of High School Student Electrocuted by Metal Footbridge
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Jury Signs $200,000 Verdict for Injuries in Rear-End Crash
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$8.2 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Control Motor Vehicle and Keep Proper Lookout
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$1.4 Million Jury Verdict for Injury to Student Hit by Truck in Crosswalk
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$15 Million Spine Injury Settlement After Truck Rear-End Crash
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$7.5 Million Settlement in Failure to Avoid Pedestrian in Crosswalk
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U.S. District Court Denies Summary Judgment Brought by Employer in FMLA Termination, Retaliation Case
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds No Duty Owed to Third-Party When Waitress at Restaurant is Injured by Industrial Sized Roll of Toilet Paper That Struck Her on Head in Public Restroom
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$5.87 Million Jury Verdict for Neck Injury Caused by Negligence of Forklift Operator
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Illinois Supreme Court Rules That Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Was Not Entitled to Summary Judgment for Severe Injury to Contractor
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$9 Million Settlement Reached for Traumatic Brain Injury and Other Injuries Suffered by Pedestrian Struck by Pizza Delivery Driver
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$2.5 Million Grant from the MacArthur Foundation to Cook County for Criminal Justice
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$14.58 Million Jury Verdict for Bicycle Rider’s Neck Fracture When Driver Negligently Turned Left at Intersection
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Summary Judgment in Favor of Corporation Whose Driver of the Truck in a Rear-End Crash Was an Independent Contractor
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment in Favor of the Estate on Claimed Defendant by Dead Man’s Act
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses $3.2 Million Jury Verdict in Asbestos Case
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Illinois Supreme Court Settles Conflict in the Districts as to Admission of Post-Accident Vehicle Photographs
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds That Decedent’s Discovery Deposition Should Be Used as Evidence at Trial Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 212(a)(5)
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Claim That Failed Under the Illinois Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act
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$900,000 Settlement for Brain Damage Suffered by 3-Year-Old Child in Unsecured Swimming Pool
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Transvaginal Mesh Medical Device Defect Verdict Totaling $20 Million, Including Punitive Damages
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$3.83 Million Jury Verdict in Motorcyclist Injury by Improper Turning Motor Vehicle
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$4.97 Million Jury Verdict for Neck and Back Injury Suffered by Driver Injured in Rear-End Collision
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$875,000 Jury Verdict for Roofer Injured Who Fell Through Hole in Warehouse Roof Under Inspection
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$450,000 Federal District Court Jury Verdict for Mental Health Facility Patient Beaten by Security Aides
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Verdict and Orders New Trial After Defendant’s Expert Witness Was Not Allowed to be Cross-Examined
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms $3.5 Million Wrongful Death Verdict for Failure to Communicate Violence Where Student was Shot and Killed
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds That an Inadmissible Will by Decedent’s Clear Intent Revokes Earlier Will
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Declaratory Judgment Action in Mesothelioma Lawsuit
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U.S. Court of Appeals Reverses Dismissal of Zimmer Hip Device Injury Case Based on When Plaintiff Knew of Defect
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Grant of Summary Judgment in Product Liability Lawsuit Related to Experts and as to Recalled Motorcycle Helmets
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of Citations Proceeding, Finding Judgment Satisfied
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of Professional Football Player’s Claim for Neurological Injury Due to Defect in Helmets
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U.S. District Court Denies Motion for Summary Judgment in Restrictive Covenant Lawsuit Relating to Final Payment of $11 Million
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Grant of Summary Judgment in Premises Liability Case Brought Against a Bar
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms $54 Million Jury Verdict Where Defendant-Appellant Failed to Raise Issue in Post-Trial Motion
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Jury Verdict for $2.81 Million for Crush Injuries Caused by Negligent Operation of Hydraulic Lift
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$8.4 Million Jury Verdict for Mechanic Exposed to Asbestos
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms in Part and Reverses in Part a $19 Million Wrongful Death Lawsuit
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$15 Million Jury Verdict for Failure to Enforce Safety Precautions at Light Rail Station
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$15 Million Jury Verdict in Rear-End Crash Caused by Tractor-Trailer Driver
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$6.7 Million Judgment for Wrongful Death of Truck Driver Killed When Tire Exploded
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment in Police Pursuit That Resulted in Two Deaths
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Jury Verdict Denying Settlement Offer Based on Collateral Attack Doctrine
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Jury Verdict Where Expert Testimony Was Based in Part on Barred Evidence
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Cook County Jail Population Drops to About 5,500 After September 2017 General Order 18.8A Limits Use of Cash Bail
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$2.2 Million Settlement Reached for Woman Injured in School Bus Crash
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of Cook County Lawsuit as Former Employee’s Noncompete Contract Was Unenforceable
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$4.8 Million Settlement Reached for Spinal Injury Suffered by Forklift Operator
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Illinois Bans Local Right-to-Work Laws
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De Facto Life Sentence Without Parole Violates the U.S. Constitution’s Eighth Amendment
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Jury Verdict, Denied Request for Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict and a New Trial, But Did Grant a Request for Remittitur
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms $4.7 Million Verdict Finding Sufficient Evidence of Agency Relationship
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$13.65 Million Jury Verdict for Injuries to Worker on Scissor Lift
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$6 Million Settlement Plus Funds to Improve Street Safety After Bicyclist’s Death Leads to Overhaul of Safety Policies
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$1.91 Million Jury Verdict in Fatal Head-On Collision with Dump Truck
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$25 Million Jury Verdict in Bus/Passenger Injury Lawsuit
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Trademark Case
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Illinois Appellate Court Examines Business Records Hearsay Exception
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Order of New Trial After $9.9 Million Jury Verdict from Crane-Lift Injury
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$11 Million Judgment Entered in Negligent Entrustment Wrongful Death Truck Case
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Illinois Appellate Court Highlights Legal Trend in Limiting General Personal Jurisdiction Over Nonresident Defendants Sued in Illinois Courts
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Union League of Chicago and Chicago Bar Association Present Panel Reviewing “Policing in Chicago Under Consent Decree”
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$4.5 Million Settlement Reached in Fatal Injury to Bicyclist
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US Court of Appeals Affirms Order Denying the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge No. 7, From Intervening in the Consent Decree Litigation
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U.S. Court of Appeals Rejects Res Ipsa Shortcut in Railroad Worker Injury Case
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Kreisman Law Office Announces 2019 Student Scholarship Award
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$1.3 Million Settlement for Worker’s Injury Caused by Inadequate Guard on Mold Press Machine
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Exclusion of Expert Testimony in Work Injury Lawsuit
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$41.63 Million Jury Verdict for T-Bone Collision That Caused Quadriplegia
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Defense Verdict in Rear-End Car Crash
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds That Emergency Medical Team is not Entitled to Immunity for Non-emergency Medical Services
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$14 Million Settlement Reached for Severe Injuries to Bicyclist Hit by Truck
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal of Aggravated Negligence Claim
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$10.7 Million Cook County Verdict Reversed for a New Trial
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Federal District Court in Chicago Rejects Pre-emption Defense in ERISA Claim
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Trial Court’s Decision on Claim of Ownership of Four Works of Art
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$6.47 Million Jury Verdict In Death of Driver Who Rear-Ended a Broken-Down Truck on a Busy Interstate Highway
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$3.81 Million Settlement Reached for Intersection Crash that Killed Motorist
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$2 Million Jury Verdict for Spinal Injury Caused by Negligent Elevator Maintenance
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$4.7 Billion Talcum Powder Verdict Upheld Despite Johnson & Johnson’s Motions; New Trial Denied
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Illinois Appellate Court Hears Oral Argument in Exculpatory Clause Injury Case
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St. Louis City Jury Returns $12.5 Million, Including Punitive Damages for Leg Injury to Professional Football Running Back Reggie Bush
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Illinois Appellate Court Spells Out Significance of Attorney-Client Contingency Contract in Uninsured or Underinsured Motorist Claims
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$15.5 Million Jury Verdict for Several Killed or Injured in Fatal Crash Caused by Intoxicated Driver; Negligent Entrustment Claim Included
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal of Case of Injured Worker Who Sued Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal of Will Contest Regarding an “Interested Person”
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Chicago Federal District Court Finds Insurer Obligated to Indemnify for Work Injury
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$18 Million Jury Verdict for Traumatic Brain Injury and Multiple Fractures Suffered by Truck Driver
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$3.75 Million Jury Verdict for the Death of a Truck Driver Caused by a Rollover of Overloaded Truck
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Trial Court’s Denial of Motion for New Trial
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds Workers’ Compensation Lien Waiver was Wrongly Applied
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$7 Million Jury Verdict for Wrongful Death of Maintenance Worker for Failure to Provide Safety Equipment
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds That Class-Action Plaintiffs Had a Right of Action to Recover Expenses In Lead Toxicity Case
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Jury Verdict Regarding Use of Expert Testimony Explaining a Prior Medical Condition
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Cook County Circuit Court Confirms Judgment Against MioMed Orthopaedics, Inc.
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses, Concluding That Trial Judge Misapplied the Law Regarding Sole Proximate Cause
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Illinois Appellate Court Rules That a Party’s Failure to Seek a Contribution Action in the Underlying Lawsuit Would Be Barred from Later Filing
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Illinois Appellate Court Decides that Contribution Claim Had to Be on Verdict Form
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$10.6 Million Jury Verdict for Wrongful Death of Pedestrian Struck by Truck in Crosswalk
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$444,000 Jury Verdict for Injury to Pedestrian in Crosswalk
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms OSHA Citation for Violations of General Duty Clause for Death of Employee Exposed to Hazards
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$6 Million Jury Verdict for the Catastrophic Injuries to Highway Repair Worker
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Pharmaceutical Defect Lawsuit as Plaintiff’s Expert Witness is Excluded
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$24.26 Million Jury Verdict for Bystander Exposure to Asbestos
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Denial of Dismissal of Party Defendant Based on Lack of Competent Testimony in an Affidavit
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds that a Temporarily Disabled Injured Party Did Not Toll Statute of Limitations for Representative of the Estate
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms $2.5 Million Verdict in Porch Fall Case
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$433,000 Jury Verdict in Bad Faith Claim Against Defendant Insurer in Bicycle Injury Case
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Illinois Right to Work Act Prevents Private-Sector Employers from Requiring Low-Wage Employees from Signing Noncompete Agreements
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$107,000 Jury Verdict in Rear-End Admitted Negligence Lawsuit
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$2.6 Million Jury Verdict for Woman Injured by IVC Blood Filters
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$4.6 Million Judgment Reversed by U.S. Court of Appeals on Insurance Policy Limit and Coverage Dispute
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$6.75 Million Settlement in Death of Passenger and Injury to Driver in Car Crash
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Fatal Tractor-Trailer Crash Results in $2.25 Million Jury Verdict
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Illinois Supreme Court Considers Good Faith Settlements Under the Illinois Contribution Act
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Knee Replacement Product Defect Case
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$35 Million Jury Verdict for Woman Injured by Vaginal Mesh Implant
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Illinois Appellate Court Considers Product Liability Case Where Judgment Against Defendant is Uncollectible
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Judgment Against Alter Ego Parties
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Insurer Wins in Coverage Case of Injured Construction Worker
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Lawsuits Continue to be Filed for Catastrophic Injuries or Death Caused by X-LITE Guardrails
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$3 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Yield Right-of-Way in Tractor-Trailer Crash With Car
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Summary Judgment Barring Expert Witnesses Under Daubert
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Illinois Appellate Court Rules That Substitution of Judge Statute Applies to Plaintiffs and Defendants
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Finding That Arbitrator’s Award Accrues Interest on the Award from the Date it was Entered
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$7.5 Million Jury Verdict for the Injured Man Trapped Under a Pallet of Watermelons
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Selecting Jurors May Soon Be Aided by Technology Breakthrough
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U.S. District Court Decides That Punitive Damages Claim Allows Investigation into Corporation’s Books and Records
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Cook County Jury Award of $1.1 Million for Head-On Crash That Caused Shoulder Injury
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U.S. Court of Appeals Ruled that Previous Business Owner Did Not Violate Non-compete Agreement
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$2.73 Million Jury Verdict for Pedestrian Struck by Bus Causing Amputation
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$21.4 Million Jury Verdict Upheld by Illinois Appellate Court in Rail Worker’s Injury
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U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Illinois Mandatory Union Dues Case
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$14.3 Million Settlement Before Suit Paid for Worker’s Traumatic Double Amputation in Intersection Crash
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$2.3 Million Illinois Jury Verdict for Injured Illinois Department of Transportation Flagger
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Foreign Bicycle Manufacturer Will Remain in Cook County Lawsuit
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds That Attorney-Client Privilege is Applicable in Insurance Coverage Dispute
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds That Insurer is Obligated to Defend for Vicarious Liability Even Though the Complaint Does Not Allege
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$439,600 Jury Verdict for Injured Bicyclist Struck by Motorist in Intersection
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Claim for Punitive Damages for Negligent Hiring, Supervision and Retention in Sexual Predator Lawsuit
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U.S. District Court Agrees that Stipulated Videotaped Statements — Although Hearsay — Should Have Been Seen by the Jury
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U.S. Court of Appeals Decides Choice of Law Provision in Indemnification Third-Party Complaint After Explosion Seriously Injures Worker
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$11 Million Settlement on the First Day of Trial in Truck Crash Resulting in Amputation Above the Knee
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Illinois Appellate Court Dismisses Appeal on Underinsured Motorist Common Fund Lawsuit
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Athletic Trainer Who Causes Injury Must Attach Health Professional’s Report
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Chemical Exposure Injury Case Dismissed for Failure to Disclose Expert Witness
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Tort Immunity Prevents Injured Elevator Serviceman from Recovering for Injuries
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal of Mesothelioma Death Case Based on Direct Evidence of Exposure
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Agency Relationship for Injured Taxi Driver
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Jury Verdict for Silica Supplier’s Failure to Warn Caused Fatal Lung Disease
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$1.5 Million Jury Verdict Entered After Worker Dies of Heat Exhaustion
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$30.69 Million Jury Verdict for the Catastrophic Injuries Suffered by Motorist in Head-On Crash
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$8.36 Million Cook County Jury Verdict for Permanent Brain Damage to Painter Who Fell from Ladder
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$1.25 Million Jury Verdict for State Trooper Whose Left Leg Was Partially Amputated in Motorcycle Accident
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Chicago Will Have Accessible Polling Sites for Disabled Voters by November 2018 Elections
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Worker Can Recover for Chemical Exposure Injuries from Totalox
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U.S. Court of Appeals Reverses Dismissal of Wrongful Death Case for High School Student Who Died on a Vacation Excursion
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U.S. District Court Rules That Attorney-Client Privilege Applied in Insurance Coverage Lawsuit
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Laws in Illinois and on Federal Level Protect Trade Secrets
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Chemical Exposure Injury Case Ordered Back to Trial Court
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Missouri Law Moves to Daubert Expert Witness Standard
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$39.5 Million Jury Verdict for Injury to Young Woman Who Fell Through Illegal Fire Escape
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Cell Phone Deaths on Illinois and U.S. Roads and Highways are Rising Rapidly
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Jury Verdict of $1.3 Million in Car Crash Over Causation Objections of Defendant
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Illinois Freedom to Work Act Makes Some Noncompete Contracts Illegal
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms $2.25 Million Jury Verdict for Underinsured Motorist Coverage Claim and Breach of Contract
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Seriously Injured Worker Denied Relief Under Respondeat Superior
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Illinois Supreme Court Reverses Appellate Court Finding Railroad Worker Cannot Recover for Injuries Not Caused by Railroad
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$689,000 Cook County Jury Verdict for Traumatic Brain Injury to Passenger in Intersection Crash
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Reports of Incidents by Employees is Admissible Evidence When Claim is Made Against the Entity that Prepared the Report
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U.S. District Court Upholds Summary Judgment in Bad Faith Excess Insurance Claim
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds that Restriction on Order Regarding Motion in Limine Does Not Prevent Other Party from Attempting to Enter Evidence for a Permitted Use
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$65,000 Cook County Jury Verdict for Bike Rider Doored by Parked City Worker
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$6.99 Million Settlement Reached in Rear-End Crash Injuring Police Officer
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U.S. Court of Appeals Dismisses False Claims Act Complaint Ruling
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Trial Judge Who Denied Filing a Second Amended Complaint
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U.S. Court of Appeals Reverses Product Liability Case for Design Defect Claims Under Both Strict Liability and Negligence
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U.S. Court of Appeals Rules That Plaintiff’s Objections to Trial Testimony Could Have Been Handled on Cross-Examination
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Illinois Jury Enters $7.5 Million Benzene Exposure Verdict
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds Construction-Related Contract Void
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$70,000 Cook County Jury Verdict in Rear-End Four-Car Chain Reaction Crash
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$485,000 Jury Verdict Entered for Eye Injury to Maintenance Crew Worker Without Safety Glasses
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$5.49 Million Jury Verdict in Injury to Home Health Aide at Hospital
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Illinois Department of Corrections Will Appoint Lawyers to Represent Parole Violators
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$141,000 Cook County Jury Verdict When Truck Hauling Boat Backs into Car
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms in Part Dismissal of Product Defect Case at Construction Site, Spoliation Claim
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Illinois Appellate Court Keeps Alive Uninsured Motorist Claim
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Illinois Appellate Court Holds Insured Contract Void Under Construction Contract Indemnification for Negligence Act
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Illinois Supreme Court Finds 6-Person Jury Law Unconstitutional
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds That Complaint Exhibits Did Not Control Contrary Allegations
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Report Shows That Prison Cells are Filling up with the Mentally Ill
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Trial Court’s Dismissal of Insurance Claim
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Appellate Court Modifies Trial Court Judgment on Liens in Illinois Healthcare Services Lien Act
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Illinois Appellate Court Rules Man Killed on Lawnmower Not Entitled to Insurance Coverage
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Answer to Interrogatory Raises Insurance Policy Limits in Injured Worker Case to $1 Million-Enough to Pay Jury’s Verdict
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$9.19 Million Jury Verdict Entered in Highway Crash that Caused Catastrophic Injuries to the Driver and Minor Passenger
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Illinois Appellate Court Has Ruled That Jury Verdicts for Medical Bills in Injury Cases Cannot Be Reduced by the Amount the Health Provider Writes Off
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$100,000 Cook County Jury Verdict for Three-Car Rear-End Car Crash at Red Light
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$14 Million Jury Verdict for Death of Worker Caused by the Company’s Failure to Protect Against Asbestos Exposure
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U.S. District Court Did Not Abuse Its Discretion in Awarding Sanctions in the Form of Attorney Fees and Costs for Discovery Violations
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Illinois Appellate Court Rules That Kotecki is Not an Affirmative Defense to a Contribution Action
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U.S. Court of Appeals Finds That Insurance Policy Provided for a Defense When a Third-Party Claim Arose Against the Insured
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U.S. District Court Finds That Nonworkers’ Exposure to Asbestos Was Within the Zone of Risk
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Amended Juvenile Automatic Transfer to Adult Court Scrutinized Again on Retroactivity
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New Illinois Law Joins Other States in Enacting an Easier Way to Accomplish Out-of-State Discovery
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Trucking and Insurance Industry Press for Improved Underride Guards for Tractor-Trailer Trucks and Straight Trucks
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$276,000 Jury Verdict for Woman Driver Injured in Rear-End Crash
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Illinois Appellate Court Vacates and Remands Case Dismissed; Contest Over Mutual Last Will and Testament
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Illinois Appellate Court Decides Whether a School Bus Company is Liable for the Bad Acts of its Drivers
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Jury Signs $4.62 Million Verdict for Injured Shopper at CVS Drugstore
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$55 Million Federal Jury Verdict in Johnson & Johnson in Talc-Powder Products Case
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$82,000 Jury Verdict in Three-Car Chain Reaction Crash at Red Light
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds That Primary Insurance Coverage Must Pay First Before Umbrella Coverage Payout
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Illinois Appellate Court Decides Real Estate Partnership That Unraveled
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Illinois Union Case Awaits U.S. Supreme Court to Weigh In
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$22.2 Million Jury Verdict for Traumatic Brain Injury is Upheld on Appeal
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$991,800 Jury Verdict in Lawsuit Against School District Where Nurse Chose Not to Alert Coaches of a Player’s Concussion
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Catastrophic Injuries to Backseat Passenger in Car Crash Results in Settlement of $10.3 Million
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Car Rental Company Found Not Liable in Fatal Car Crash
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New Trial On Damages Ordered by Illinois Appellate Court in Car Accident Case
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of Worker’s Injury
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Illinois Supreme Court Denies Widow’s Asbestos Claim
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U.S. Court of Appeals Finds That Wrongful Death Case Belongs in Mexico — Not Illinois
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$525,000 for the Death of Teen Who Drowned at a Public Beach
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Warranty Deed Was Found Invalid Because Guardianship Was Never Canceled
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Voter Restrictions Are Preventing Registered Voters from Casting Ballots
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Confidential Settlement for $375,000 for Motorcycle Rider Severely Injured by Illegal U-Turning Motorist
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U.S. Supreme Court Voted 6-3 to Extend an Earlier Ruling that Struck Down Automatic Life Terms With No Chance of Parole for Teenage Killers
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Chain-Reaction Collision Caused by Trucker Results in $17.4 Million Jury Verdict
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Illinois Appellate Court Confirms the Requirement of Proof of Physical Impact in Direct Victim Emotional Distress Cases
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The Illinois Juvenile Court Act Requires That a Minor Who Is Younger than 13 At the Time of the Commission of a Murder or Serious Sexual Assault Must Be Represented by Counsel During Interrogations
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$21.5 Million Jury Verdict is Thrown Out Because of Questions About Truthfulness and New Evidence
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U.S. Court of Appeals Reverses Judge’s Refusal to Allow Law Firm in Personal Injury of a Minor to Receive One-Third of the Gross Settlement
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Spoliation of Evidence Claim Against Insurance Company in Related Product-Liability and Personal-Injury Action is Dismissed and Affirmed on Appeal
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Illinois’ 6-Person Jury Law Ruled Unconstitutional by Cook County Judge
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Guarantor’s Obligations Are Discharged When the Principal Obligor is Released Because of the Running of the Statute of Limitations
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds No Evidence of Bad Faith in Estate Dispute
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Failure to Follow through with Contract Requirements Made Specific Performance Lawsuit Moot
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Relation Back Case
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Illinois Appellate Court Holds That an Arbitration Agreement with No Provision for Interest is Not an Actual Adjudication for Post-Judgment Interest
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Illinois Appellate Court Sorts Out Agency Relationship in Truck Accident that Killed Pedestrian on the Side of the Road
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses and Remands a Case Involving the Imposition of a Constructive Trust and an Award of Attorney Fees and Punitive Damages Relating to a Guardianship
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Illinois Appellate Court Holds that a Home Listed as Part of a Trust Belongs to the Trust Even if the Deed Was Not Formally Transferred
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U.S. Court of Appeals Rules That Allowing a Union Representative onto Accident Site Will Cause No Actual Harm
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Decision of Circuit Court Judge Dismissing Automobile Accident Case for Lack of Subject-Matter Jurisdiction Because of a Death of the Defendant
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$62.06 Million Jury Verdict for Worker Who Fell 20 Feet from Building
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$3.27 Million Settlement Reached in Motorcycle Highway Accident Case
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$6 Million Settlement Reached in Injury to Worker Who Fell Through an Unguarded Hole in Floor of Pump Station
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Injured Worker’s Lawsuit Against Contractor on the Property Where the Incident Occurred Has No Duty to the Worker if Not Foreseeable
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Illinois Supreme Court Overturns Appellate Court Decision Setting the Maximum Amount of Recovery Allowed Against a Self-Insured Rental Car Company
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Cook County Verdict Allows Contribution to Settling Party Against Worker’s Employer
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$10,000 Jury Verdict for Pedestrian Struck by Motorcycle Crossing Street at Mid-Block
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Directed Verdict on Injured Parties’ Lost Profits and Lost Earning Capacity
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Illinois Appellate Court Outlines Procedure for Objection and Request for Mistrial
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Cook County Jury Verdict to Stand–So Says Illinois Appellate Court
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$141,000 Illinois Jury Verdict for the Injury Suffered in Highway Collision Between a Truck and Car
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Piercing the Corporate Veil is a Remedy Not a Cause of Action
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$3 Million Jury Verdict for Catastrophic Injuries to a Rear-Seat Passenger in SUV-Car-Truck Crash
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Illinois Appellate Court Rules That a Denied Request for a Substitution of Judge as a Matter of Right Was Not a Final and Appealable Order
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$1.1 Million Settlement When Commercial Truck Rear Ends Car
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$21 Million Settlement Reached for Catastrophic Injuries to Bicyclist Hit By Trucker
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses $3.6 Million Verdict Over Faulty Evidence
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Indemnification for Insurance Company Denied in Claim Based on Unpled Facts
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Competency and Laws of Descent Analyzed in Illinois Appellate Court Decision Regarding the Assets of a Ward with Profound Cognitive Impairment
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Asbestos Jury Verdict Reversed by Illinois Appellate Court on Issue of Sole Proximate Cause Where Prior Work History Was Excluded
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment in Case Where Contract Was Found to be Ambiguous
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$1 Million Judgment for Injured Worker Who Fell Because of Insufficient Scaffolding
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Decision of Trial Judge that an Expert Witness Was Necessary to Prove Causation in an Injury Case Caused by Chemical Exposure
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50th Anniversary of Voting Rights Act Takes a Big Hit
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Cook County Jury Signs Verdict for $2.4 Million for Injured Contractor Who Fell From a Ladder at a Steel Mill
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$897,000 Cook County Jury Verdict for Rotator Cuff Injury Suffered by Pedestrian Hit By Cab and Negligent Entrustment Claim Resulted in Punitive Damages
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$1.2 Million Settlement for Worker Who Fell When the Scissors Lift Platform Collapsed
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Appellate Court Affirms Trial Judges Decision Regarding Admissibility of Prior Injury of the Same Part of the Body
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$610,000 Settlement for Injured Driver and Passengers Struck by Trucks After Jack-knifed Tractor-Trailer Collision
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Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 34 Document Request Has Been Amended
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms District Court’s Denial of Motion to Reopen Default Judgement in Hockey Player Injury Case
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$1.2 Million Settlement in Intersection Truck Crash
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Illinois Appellate Court Has Effectively Laid Out the Process for Use of Special Service as a Last Resort
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Jury Enters $3.4 Million Verdict for Surgically Repaired Broken Ankle Caused by Forklift Driver
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$1.7 Million Judgment Entered in Ladder Injury Case
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U.S. Court of Appeals Reverses Dismissal of Case Involving Electronic Filing Before the Running of the Statute of Limitations Deadline
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Decision That Requires Exhausting Administrative Remedies Prior to Filing Suit on ERISA Claim
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of Lawsuit Because Plaintiff Failed to Exercise Reasonable Diligence in Obtaining Service on the Defendant
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Illinois Common Fund Doctrine Decision Requiring ERISA Plan to Reimburse for Attorney Fees and Costs
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds That Release Document Does Not Shield Gym From Liability in Injury Case
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$3 Million Settlement for Pedestrian Injured When Truck Driver Failed to Yield the Right-of-Way
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$222,000 DuPage County Jury Verdict in Rear-End Crash
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Illinois Jury Enters Verdict for Pedestrian Struck in Crosswalk by Turning Car
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Federal Court Jury Finds Mortgage Servicer Responsible for Defrauding Senior Citizen
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Illinois Appellate Court Reinstates $175,000 Verdict Because Trial Judge Ordered Mistrial after Jury Returned Verdict
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$13,000 Cook County Jury Verdict for Pedestrian Hit by Backing Car in Chicago’s West Loop
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Former U.S. Senator John Danforth Cuts Ties to St. Louis Law Firm Over Conflict with Banking Client
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds That Condition Precedent to Demand Arbitration was Missed
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$713,000 Cook County Jury Verdict for Injuries in Head-On Car Crash
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Congress’s 1997 Act Limits Amtrak’s Payout to Crash Victims to $200 Million
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U.S. Court of Appeals Finds No Personal Jurisdiction in Illinois Under the Minimum State Contacts Analysis
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$162,500 Cook County Jury Verdict when Two Cabs Collide in Chicago’s Loop, Injuring Passenger
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Deadly Truck Crash Involving Comedian Tracy Morgan and Others Settled for Undisclosed Amount
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June 15, 2015 Marks the 800th Anniversary of the Great Charter, the Magna Carta, Which Was Signed and Sealed by England’s King John on That Date
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Illinois Appellate Court Determines Statement Falls within the Hearsay Exception Under Illinois Rules of Evidence 803
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Takata Agrees to Recall 33.8 Million Defective Airbags
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$7.25 Million Jury Verdict for Worker Killed on Highway Shoulder
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Settlement Confirmed by Illinois Appellate Court Where Trial Judge’s Recollection of Pre-trial Agreement Was Clear
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Illinois Appellate Court Distinguishes Unit-Judgment Rule in Wrongful Death Case
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