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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Appointment of an Administrator in an Intestate Probate Estate Relying on Preferences of the Probate Act
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Jury Verdict in Personal Injury Case on the Issue of Cross Examination of Medical Expert
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United States Court of Appeals Reverses and Remands Product Liability, Leg Amputation Injury Lawsuit
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses $41 Million Jury Verdict for Trial Court’s Error in Refusing Defendant to Add Affirmative Defense
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$10.5 Million Jury Verdict in Inadequate Fall Protection for Commercial Truck Driver
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$20 Million Settlement in Failure to Ensure Safe Workplace in Elevator Death Case
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$52.9 Million Jury Verdict in Tractor-Trailer Crash That Caused Brain Injuries
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$19 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Warn of Dangerous Swimming Pool Conditions
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$25 Million Jury Verdict for Catastrophic Injuries of Pedestrian In a Case of Speeding, Distracted Driver
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$21.6 Million Jury Verdict in Tragic Death of Child in Failure to Yield to Cyclist
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$7.7 Million Jury Verdict in Improper Lane Change Crash
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$6.2 Million Jury Verdict for Failure to Yield the Right-of-Way
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U.S. District Court Judge Rules Law Prohibiting Addicts and Persons Illegally Using Controlled Substances from Possessing Firearms Does Not Violate Second Amendment
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Illinois Supreme Court Holds That Employer Could Be Negligent at the Same Time the Employee Was Not
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$2.05 Million Settlement in Failure to Handle Walk-around Before Moving Truck at Worksite
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal of Personal Injury Lawsuit for Appointment of Special Representative
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Probate Request for Ancillary Proceeding
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U.S. Federal District Court Struggles with Jurisdictional Service of Summons by Email on Foreign Corporation
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$30 Million Jury Verdict in Fatal Failure to Avoid Oncoming Traffic
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$45 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Inspect Unsafe Scaffolding
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$4.5 Million Settlement for Distracted Driving That Caused Broadside Crash
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$1.8 Million Settlement in Failure to Yield Right-of-Way Crash
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Robert D. Kreisman Presented With Certificate of Appreciation by the Union League Club’s Administration of Justice
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$725,000 Settlement Reached in Failure to Secure Concrete Block in Private Residence Project
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$1.4 Million Settlement in Failure to Obey Stop Sign
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$2 Million Settlement in Intersection Truck Crash Lawsuit
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U.S. District Court Finds Relation Back Doctrine Applied in Truck Crash Case
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$2 Million Settlement for Traumatic Brain Injury Suffered by Minor in Failure to Obey Red Light
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$18 Million Jury Verdict in Failure to Yield Right-of-Way Lawsuit, Death, Traumatic Injuries
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Illinois Supreme Court Issues Framework for Conducting Jury Selection Remotely, Due to Pandemic
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U.S. District Court Grants Motion Under Contribution Act for Injured Employee, Spoliation of Evidence
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$13 Million Jury Verdict in Fatal Head-On Car Crash
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$20 Million Verdict in Wrongful Death Caused by Negligence of Bus Driver
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$752,600 Jury Verdict for Injuries to Delivery Person Who Fell Into Window Well
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U.S. Court of Appeals Reverses $8 Million Verdict in Negligent Misrepresentation Case
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of Claim on Demand Note on Limitations Basis
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$280 Million Jury Verdict in Head-On Truck Crash on Interstate Highway Involving Five Passengers
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$8.9 Jury Verdict in Catastrophic Injuries to Motorcyclist Hit in T-Bone Collision
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$2.18 Million Jury Verdict for Serious Injuries to Bicyclist Injured by Negligent Operation of Vehicle
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$15 Million Jury Verdict for Failure to Timely Call for Emergency Medical Services
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$4 Million Settlement for Death of Driver Killed by Wheel Detached from Truck
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Punitive Damages That Included Attorney’s Fees and Costs in Breach of Fiduciary Duty by Trustee
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After $41.86 Million Jury Verdict, Parties Settle for $46 Million in Truck Rear-Ending Motorcyclist
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$1.5 Million Jury Verdict in Highway Crash on Interstate Highway
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$3.5 Million Settlement for Traumatic Brain Injury Caused by Excessive Force by Bar’s Security Guards
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$2.82 Million Jury Verdict in Truck Crash Caused by Fallen Ladder on Interstate Highway
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Kreisman Law Offices Scholarship Winner Lands Associate Position With National Law Firm
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Competency of Wife to Serve as Administrator of Her Husband’s Estate
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State Appellate Court Affirms $38 Million Jury Verdict Where Evidence of Similar Occurrences Was Found
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State Supreme Court Reverses Dismissal of Product Liability Lawsuit for Defective Fuel Pump in Airplane Crash
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$4.4 Million Jury Verdict for Injuries to Motor Scooter Rider Struck by Vehicle
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$27 Million Jury Verdict for Wrongful Death of Motorcycle Rider Struck by Tractor-Trailer
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$7.67 Jury Verdict for Failure to Provide Worker with Fall Protection
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$128.81 Million for Catastrophic Injuries to Family Caused by Rear-End Crash Including Death of Child
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U.S. District Court Affirms Dismissal of Wrongful Death Case Because of the Bar of a Direct Action Against Decedent’s Employer
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal of Claim in Decedent’s Probate Estate Based Solely on Photographs
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds Suburban Home Fits the “Office Definition” for Company Satellite Office
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Investors in Ponzi Scheme Reversed the Cook County Order Granting Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Standing
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses a Second Judge’s Overturning of $9.9 Million Jury Verdict
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U.S. Federal District Court Rules That Insurer is Estopped from Cutting Policy Limit
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Order Regarding Supreme Court Rule 215 Physician Examination
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State Appellate Court Affirms Punitive Damages, Stating Evidence Supported Reckless Indifference
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$2.5 Million Jury Verdict for Serious Injuries to Forklift Operator Caused by Negligent Maintenance of Trailer
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$9.5 Million Settlement Reached for Pedestrian Seriously Injured by Garbage Truck When Pedestrian Was in Crosswalk
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Illinois Appellate Court Decides Jurisdiction and Timeliness to File Motion
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds Discovery Rule Takes Place at the Discovery of the Harm — Not When the Defect Was Discovered
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U.S. Court of Appeals Reverses Dismissal of Consumer Claims Against Manufacturer of Nutritional Supplements
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$23.22 Million Joint and Several Jury Verdict Reversed and Remanded by Illinois Appellate Court
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$461,000 Jury Verdict for Multiple Injuries Suffered in Car Crash Caused by Distracted Driver
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$13.6 Million Settlement In Motorcycle Struck by Distracted Garbage Truck Driver
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U.S. Court of Appeals Rules that State-Law Claims Are Not Barred Based on Doctrine of Field Pre-emption in Wrongful Death Aircraft Case
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U.S. Supreme Court Resolves Issue on Whether State Law Operated as Substantial Impairment of Contract
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Trial Court on Duty to Defend in Insurance Coverage for Worker
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal Where Another Injured Party Plaintiff Was Added After the Passing of the Statute of Limitations
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$14.06 Million Jury Verdict for Catastrophic Injury to Passenger in Single Car Crash
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U.S. District Court Enters Settlement Against Dietary Supplement Companies Ending Unapproved Drug Sales
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U.S. District Court Dismisses Breach of Contract, Finding Noncompete Clause Improper
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State Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal on Summary Judgment for the Injuries Sustained on Property Owned by Defendant
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirmed the Dismissal of Counterclaim in Injury Lawsuit Finding No Private Right of Action Existed Making Counterclaim Moot
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$26 Million Settlement for Devastating Injuries Suffered in Intersection Truck Crash
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$15 Million Structured Settlement for Crash that Left Passenger with Traumatic Brain Injury
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Self-Dealing Nullifies Gift to Power of Attorney Holder
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal of Injury Claim Against Personal Trainer for Willful and Wanton Acts
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$41.94 Million Jury Verdict for Catastrophic Injuries to Driver and Passenger Caused by Vehicle’s Failed Roof, Fuel-Fed Fire
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U.S. Court of Appeals Reverses Dismissed Lawsuit Based on Serious Injuries Caused by Company Related to Employer
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Product Liability Lawsuit Lacking Plaintiff’s Testimony on Causation
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U.S. Supreme Court Reverses District Court’s Ruling That Congressional Districting Plan in Texas Unconstitutional
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$27.5 Million Jury Verdict for the Death of a Fifteen-Year-Old Boy Who Received 13,000 Volts from a Power Line
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$15.28 Million Jury Verdict in the Death of a Worker Injured in a Failure to Warn of Dangerous Condition
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Illinois Jury Verdict in Rear-End Collision Results in $33,287 Verdict
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Chicago’s North Lawndale Restorative Justice Community Court Receives Visitors from the Union League’s Administration of Justice Subcommittee
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$41.5 Million Jury Verdict for Fatal Death of Sanitation Worker Crushed Between Street Sweepers
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Highway Crash With Admitted Negligence Results in $12,350 Jury Verdict
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U.S. Court of Appeals Reverses Decision on Service by Publication
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Failure-to-Warn Claim for Generic Drug
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal of Intervention Petition Based on Late Filing
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Kreisman Law Offices Donates 327 Volumes of the Illinois Reports, Illinois Digest to Illinois Department of Corrections
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Illinois Appellate Court Upholds Defendant’s Right to Assert Physician-Patient Privilege
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds Contribution Jury Verdict Form Flawed
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$16.95 Million Jury Verdict in Leg Amputation Caused by Forklift Driver
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Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal on Summary Judgment Motion of Asbestos Exposure Lawsuit
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Negligent, Willful and Wanton Misconduct When Individual Beats Plaintiff with Briefcase After Encounter on Roadway
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$2.7 Million Settlement for Arm Amputation Caused by Disabled Safety Devices
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Jury’s Damages Verdict Related to Disputed Medical Treatment
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Illinois Supreme Court Reverses Appellate Court – Asserts Liens Obtained by Hospitals Under Health Care Services Lien Act are Not Limited to Awards of Medical Expenses
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$10.75 Million Jury Verdict for Death of Teen Struck and Killed By Truck
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Asbestos Exposure Case Results in $8.8 Million Jury Verdict
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$11 Million Jury Verdict for Traumatic Brain Injury of Teen Skateboarder Struck by Car
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$21.4 Million Jury Verdict Upheld by Illinois Appellate Court in Rail Worker’s Injury
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Trial Court’s New Trial Order Based on Alleged Confusing Jury Instructions
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$7.55 Million Jury Verdict Entered for Minor Who Contracted E. Coli Infection at Petting Zoo
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Chicago is One of the Top Three Cities Where Crane Risks Rise as Construction Projects Increase
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Cook County Jury Verdict of $897,000 Including $500,000 for Punitive Damages Not Against Manifest Weight of Evidence
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U.S. Court of Appeals Explains Res Ipsa Loquitur Principle in Federal Injury Case
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State Supreme Court Affirms $3.9 Million Jury Verdicts in Mazda 3 Fuel Tank Design Defect Case
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$12.27 Million Settlement for Catastrophic Injuries Suffered by Electrical Contractor Lineman Who Fell 60 Feet
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses and Remands Insurance Case Regarding Demand for Arbitration
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Cook County Jury Verdict for Injured Bicyclist Hit by Motorist Who Ran Stop Sign
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$5.26 Million Jury Verdict for Injured Electrician Who Fell From Ladder
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$3 Million Jury Verdict for Suicide Death Caused by Paxil in Pharmaceutical Lawsuit
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$120,000 Cook County Jury Verdict for Injured Pedestrian Hit by Backing Vehicle
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U.S. District Court Judge Denies Motion of Dietary Supplement Company
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of Work Injury Case Because of Retained Control
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$27 Million Jury Verdict for Death of Construction Worker
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$5.8 Million Verdict Affirmed in Asbestos-Causing Mesothelioma Wrongful Death
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms $3.27 Million Jury Verdict in Favor of Woman in Product Liability Lawsuit
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Appeals Court Finds Taxi Company Vicariously Liable for Injuries
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State Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal of Employer Who Admitted Vicarious Liability for Employee’s Negligence
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The American Association for Justice (AAJ) Has Responded Sharply to President Trump’s Misleading Statement on Medical Malpractice Liability
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Hybrid High/Low Agreement Results in $500,000 Settlement in Work Injury Trial
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$28 Million Jury Verdict in Bus-Car Crash that Left Teenager Paralyzed
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Jury Finds in Favor of Truck Driver Killed in Rollover Crash
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U.S. Court of Appeals Denies Petition in Fight Over Citations Issued by OSHA in Toxic Fumes Case
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$2.29 Million Cook County Jury Verdict in Product Defect on Construction Site
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of Injury Case for Lack of Actual or Constructive Knowledge of the Product Defect
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U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Challenges to the $1 Billion Settlement Made with NFL Retired Football Players
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$1.1 Million Settlement in Injury to Worker Who Fell from Unsecured Ladder
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Trucking Industry Wins Rollback of Truck Safety Rules
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U.S. District Court Judge Takes Narrow Reading of ‘Take Home’ Mesothelioma Case That Exposed Worker’s Family
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$15 Million Jury Verdict Against Bus Company for Negligence in Passenger Death
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Extinguishing Hospital’s Medical Lien for Services Provided to a Plaintiff-Minor
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$9.87 Million Illinois Jury Verdict for Injury to Pedestrian Struck by Bus
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment in Favor of Defendant in Dead-Man’s Act Argument
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Talc Ovarian Cancer Cases are Dismissed for Plaintiffs’ Failure to Provide Reliable Expert Theories of Causation
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Illinois Supreme Court Finds in Favor of Railroad in Case Where Bridge Wall Collapsed, Amputating the Legs of a Worker
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Illinois Supreme Court Enters Order for Mandatory E-Filing
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds That Each Instance of Under-Insurance Must Be Considered Individually
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$1 Million Settlement for Worker’s Knee Injury at Loading Dock
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$6.65 Million Cook County Jury Verdict for Death of a Young Woman Who Fell from a Ladder
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Illinois Appellate Court Resolves Under-Insured Motorist Claim and Demand for Arbitration
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$297,000 Cook County Jury Verdict in Chicago Loop T-Bone Taxicab Crash
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The John Marshall Law School Has Been Named to the LGBT Hall of Fame
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Probate Court Decision on the Passing of Property Per Stirpes
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U.S. District Court Decides Future Earning Capacity for Railroad Worker Should Be Left to Jury
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Pedestrian in Wheelchair Seriously Injured in Crosswalk Settles for $382,000
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment in a Premises Liability Case
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New Illinois Law Makes Every Bicyclist Entitled to Same Rights as Motorists
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds Trial Court Wrong in Applying the “Verdict Test”
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Jury Verdict for $331,000 in Negligent Operation of a Crane That Injured Worker
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17 States Restrict Voting After 2013 U.S. Supreme Court Decision
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Motorist Killed by Trucker Claimed to Have Been Hired With Reckless Driving Record
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Product-Liability Judgment of $245,000
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$62,000 Cook County Jury Verdict in Rear-End Crash Involving Drunk Driver
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$128,000 Jury Verdict for Injured Worker Who Fell From Scaffold While Hanging Wallpaper
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Cook County Jury Finds for Contractors in Fall Blamed for Worker’s Ankle Injury
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Illinois Appellate Court Pierces Corporate Veil and Awards Attorney Fees
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$333,000 Jury Verdict in T-Bone Crash Injuring Passenger and Drivers in Athens, Illinois
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment and Dismissal of Product Liability Case
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Jury Signs Verdict for $4.74 Million in Crash by Rental Car Employee
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds That Class Gift Was Unambiguous
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Illinois Appellate Court Rules Employer May Waive Workers’ Compensation Lien
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$34.2 Million Jury Verdict in Crash Resulting in Paraplegia
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$824,000 Jury Verdict for Injured Worker’s Deadly Exposure to Benzene
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$2.5 Million Jury Verdict for the Death of a Teenager Who Died When School Delayed Response to an Asthma Attack
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$320,000 Federal Jury Verdict Awarded for Worker’s Fall Injury in Coal Mine
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Police Officer’s Testimony on Fault of an Accident is Ruled Inadmissible
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Diesel Exhaust Contributes to Lung Cancer Deaths
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U.S. District Court Jury Finds Trucker 100% at Fault for His Own Traumatic Brain Injury
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Illinois Appellate Court Decides that Dissolved Companies’ Liability Insurance Policies Were Unavailable for Persons Making Claims Against Corporation
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Striking of Expert Witness Affidavit for Failure to Include Documents on Which the Expert Relied
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Illinois Supreme Court Abolishes the State’s Long-Standing Common Law Public Duty Rule
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U.S. Court of Appeals Decides Underinsured Motorist Coverage Regarding Stacking
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Crane Accident Case for Lack of Proximate Cause
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$4.25 Million Settlement Reached in Pedestrian Injury Case at Train Crossing
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U.S. District Court Dismisses Asbestos Claim Because of the “Bare Metal” Defense
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$425,000 Cook County Jury Verdict in Rear-End Crash Between Two Trucks
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$20 Million Settlement Reached Where Inadequate Guardrail Leads to Motorist’s Permanent Tetraplegia and Brain Damage
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$9.85 Million Settlement Reached During Jury Trial for Catastrophic Injuries in Car Crash on Highway Shoulder
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Illinois Appellate Court Chooses Shorter Statute of Limitations to Bar Spoliation Claim
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Trucker Killed in Illinois Accident is Denied Illinois Courts
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$3.3 Million Settlement for Construction Worker Injured by Backing Truck
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal of Death Case in Intersection Crash
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Cook County Judge Enters Verdict of $1.875 Million Verdict for the Death of a Bicyclist Who Fell Through a Storefront Window
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Decision Dismissing Case Where It Was Found That There Was No Business Relationship Between the Injured Plaintiff and the Defendant
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$24.75 Million Jury Verdict in Balcony Collapse Case Severely Injuring Three Family Members and Others
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Principles of Unjust Enrichment and Constructive Trust are Explained by Illinois Appellate Court
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of Case for Forum Non Conveniens; No Abuse of Discretion
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Substitution of Judge Denied in Medical Malpractice Case That Was Previously Voluntarily Dismissed and then Refiled
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Guardian Ad Litem Overcomes Father’s Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity
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Amended Federal Rule 37(e) Requires Preservation of All Documents and Electronically Stored Information that Could Be Relevant in an Anticipated Lawsuit
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$18.79 Million Jury Verdict for Catastrophic Injury to Truck Driver
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds That Non-Guardian Spouse Has No Standing to Oppose Authorization by the Ward to File For Divorce
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Decision Where Contractor was Entitled to Insurance Coverage for Vicarious Liability
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Illinois Appellate Court Rules that Insurance Company Must Have Received Actual Notice from Insured Before Duty to Defend Kicks In
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Three Car Rear-End Crash With Admitted Negligence Results in Jury Verdict
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$1.75 Million Jury Verdict in Risperdal Case
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Failure to Yield Car Crash Ends With $1.75 Million Settlement
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms $1.5 Million Jury Verdict for the Death of a Man Killed by Fall in Elevator Shaft
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Cook County Summary Judgment Order that Insurer Must Defend Toxic-Tort Complaints Even When the Dates of Exposure or Injury Were Vague or Unknown
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Illinois Appellate Court Clears Up Procedural Error as to Final and Appealable Orders
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of a Lawsuit with Prejudice when the Plaintiffs Chose Not to Ask Leave to Amend Their Complaint
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Cook County Circuit Court Judge Calls Out 6-Person Civil Jury Law: Unconstitutional
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Illinois Appellate Court Rules in Forum Non Conveniens Case
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$14,000 Cook County Jury Verdict for Rear-End Crash
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$38,000 Jury Verdict Where Car Hits and Injures Teen Standing in Roadway Near a Disabled Car
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$971,000 Jury Verdict for Contractor Who Sued for Unpaid Work at the Pritzker Mansion
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Illinois Appellate Court Resolves Breach of Lease Agreement Because of Damage to Property
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Cook County Jury Verdict for Injured in High Speed Three-Car Crash; Jury Disregards Lost Income Claim
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Cook County Jury Entered $1.5 Million Verdict for the Death of a Thirteen-Week-Old Child Whose Dehydration was Improperly Treated
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$8.3 Million Jury Verdict for Families of Two Killed in Overseas Bus Accident
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$1.15 Million Settlement for Death of Diabetic Nursing Home Resident
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Seventh Circuit Affirms Denial of Employee’s ERISA Benefits Because of a Breach of Fiduciary Duty
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$1.28 Million Jury Verdict for Negligence of Nursing Home Causing Burn Injuries to Resident
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Failures by Franchisee in Making Petroleum Payments Leads to Forfeiture Under Petroleum Marketing Practices Act
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$34,800 Cook County Jury Verdict for Husband and Wife in Broadsided Car Crash
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Substitution of Judge Without Cause is Reaffirmed as the Law by Illinois Appellate Court
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Illinois Appellate Court Returns Contract Case to Trial Court Finding Ambiguous Language
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U.S. Appeals Court Enters Preliminary Injunction Where Consumers Would be Confused by Similar Tradenames
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$375,000 Arbitration Award in Nursing Home Abuse Case
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Village Inspector Tears Rotator Cuff at Construction Site; $272,000 Cook County Jury Verdict
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Cook County Jury Sides with Hotel after Passenger Dropped Off on Dangerous Pavement Patch
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Illinois Appellate Court Clarifies Mailbox Rule Giving It Wider Application
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Illinois Appellate Court Finds That Evanston is Not Responsible for the Injuries to a Bicyclist Hurt in an Alley
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Illinois Appellate Court Rules Church Club Has No Immunity Under the Illinois School Code
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Unusually High Attorney Fee Award in Risky Shareholder Lawsuit
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Dismissal for Failure to State a Claim was Proper Where Plaintiff Chose Not to Allege Details of Fraud Conspiracy in Complaint
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Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn Signs Bill into Law Amending Code of Civil Procedure Regarding Settlements
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Torn Rotator Cuff Results in Record Verdict to Senior Citizen
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$210,000 Illinois Jury Verdict in Pick-Up Truck Crash
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67,000 Cook County Jury Verdict in Rear-End Crash at Highway Exit
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Plaintiffs Beware of Voluntary Dismissal and Refilling Under 735 ILCS 5/2-1009; Hudson v. City of Chicago
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Cook County Jury Verdict for Bicycle Rider Hit by Turning Car; Harvey v. Phillips
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$183,000 Jury Verdict for Injured Driver in Five-Car Crash
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Illinois Appellate Court Dismisses Appeal That Was Not Final
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Forum Selection Clause and Contract Enforced; Entec International N.A. v. MillerCoors
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Insurance Coverage Wins Out in Loading Car Claim at Menards
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Illinois Appellate Court Upholds Injured Delivery Driver’s $489,000 Jury Verdict on Credibility Issues
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Cook County Jury Finds in Favor of Backing Out Driver in Parking Garage Incident
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Illinois Trucker Protected by Employer’s Insurance in Truck Crash Case
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Appellate Court Revives Toxic Tort Case Based on Discovery Rule; Beaver v. ExxonMobil Corp.
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$16,000 Jury Verdict for Bicyclist Hit by Car; One-Day Jury Trial
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Student Drowns But School Found Not Responsible; Slade v. Board of School Directors
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Dismissal of Construction Site Case Reversed by Court of Appeals; Sojka v. Bovis Lend Lease
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Limit in Insurance Coverage Affirmed in Porch Collapse Case; Ware v. First Specialty Insurance Corp.
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$3.98 Million Jury Verdict for Elevator Malfunction Case; R.T. v. Schindler Corp., et al
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$204,000 Jury Verdict in Admitted Liability Rear-End Crash; Solis v. Giannoulias
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses $32 Million Verdict in Toxic Tort Case; Solis v. BASF Corp.
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Illinois Appellate Court Approves Relation-Back Doctrine in Workers’ Compensation Claim; Modern Drop Forge v. Workers’ Compensation Commission
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Illinois Supreme Court Holds That Contractor Had No Duty to Preserve Evidence of Damaged I-Beam; Martin v. Keeley & Sons, Inc.
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Illinois Appellate Court Reinstates Lawsuit in Car Crash Case Where Defendant Died Before Suit; Relf v. Shatayeva
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228,000 in Illinois Consumer Fraud Action on Contract; Myles v. E. King Construction Co.
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of Injury Lawsuit for Heir on Summons; Emrickson v. Morfin
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Illinois Supreme Court Returns Asbestos Litigation to Mississippi Court; Fennell v. IL Central Railroad Co.
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Federal Tort Claims Act Requires Written Notice to Federal Agency Before Lawsuit; LeGrande v. United States
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Cook County Jury Verdict for 72,000 in Admitted Negligence, Rear-End Car Crash; Castillo v. Las
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment for Deaths in House Fire; Rutkoff v. Security Associates International, Inc.
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411,000 Jury Verdict in Sudden Stop Rear-End Crash; Nowak v. Ball
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Court of Appeals Finds for Truck Driver Who Was Not Borrowed Employee; Couch v. U.S.
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses a Verdict Regarding Admitted Evidence of Misleading Photographs; Johnson v. Bailey
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Cook County Jury Delivers Verdict for FedEx in Rear-End Crash; Fernandez v. FedEx Ground Package System, Inc., et al.
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2 Million Verdict in Stop Sign Collision with Postal Carrier; Henriksen v. United States
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93,182 Cook County Verdict for Passenger in Three Car Crash; Stadelmann v. Estate of Waimon
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Illinois Jury Returns $167,000 Verdict in Stop Sign Car Crash; Fuentes v. Dovin
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489,000 Cook County Verdict for Delivery Man Hit by Car in Parking Lot
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Illinois Jury Finds for Injured in Head-On Crash in Snow Storm; Gutierrez v. Palochko
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Illinois Verdict for Rear-End One Day Trial; Canfield v. Village of Creve Coeur
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Black Box Technology Improves in Automobiles and Trucks
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Illinois Jury Awards 615,000 for Injured Truck Driver When Steel Rolls Off Flatbed
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Trial Court’s Dismissal in Auto Injury Case Against Municipality; Robinson v. Washington Township
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U.S. Appeals Court Finds for Railroad Worker Injured at Jobsite; Lynch v. N.E. Regional Commuter R.R. Corp.
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Illinois Supreme Court Holds That Railroads Have No Duty of Care to Children Climbing on Moving Trains; Choate v. Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Co.
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U.S. Court of Appeals Allows Conditional Privilege in Tortious Interference With Contract Case; Nation v. American Capital, Ltd.
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Lawyers’ Pro Bono Work Wins WWII Vet Benefits
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Chicago Lawyers Volunteer to Seal, Expunge or Erase Arrests and Guilty Pleas
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Chicago Jury Verdict for Trucker Against Bicyclist; Assaley v. Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, Inc.
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Cook County Verdict Reversed Because Juror Performed Internet Research on Key Issue in Case; McGee v. City of Chicago, et al.
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Illinois Federal Judge Rules Railroad Employees Can File Suit If Employer Blocks Them from Getting Medical Treatment Following Work Injury; Rene Delgado v. Union Pacific
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Meningitis Outbreak Beginning to Draw Illinois Lawsuits
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Illinois Appellate Court Holds That Plaintiff Failed to Prove That Negligence Caused the Damages Claimed; Costello v. City of Chicago
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms: Third-Party Defendant Not Liable in Auto Accident; Ponto v. Levan
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Illionois Appellate Court Rules Car Dealer Was Detained– Abbas v. Weininger
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Illinois Jury Verdict for Saw Manufacturer in Product Defect Case
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Appellate Court Rules Condo Resident not Required to Pay Assessments After Condo is Not Repaired
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Illinois Supreme Court Voids 3.9 Million Jury Award; Dominic Choate v. Indiana Harbor Belt Co.
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Motorcycle-Firefighter Killed After Being Cut Off by U-Turning Vehicle; Estate of Schroeder v. Wright
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Thomson Reuters Selects Robert Kreisman for Super Lawyer List
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NTSB: Neglect and Inaction Caused Huge Michigan Oil Spill
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Congress Plans Legislation to Prevent Car Rental Companies from Renting Vehicles that Have Been Recalled
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Robert Kreisman Named Editor of American Association for Justice
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Allstate Saddled with 1 Million “excess judgment” Following Motorcycle Accident
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More Than $558k Awarded Following Rear-Ender that Broke Passenger Seat in Half
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NHTSA Issues Advisory to Pedestrians: Fatalities Caused by Motorists Up in 2010
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Illinois Federal Judge Finds Affidavit Rescues Injury Case From Summary Judgment; Scott v. BNSF
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Experts Allowed to Testify in Toxic-Tort Chemical Exposure Case; Noffsinger v. Valspar Corp.
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Lawsuit for Preliminary Injunction Must Show the Likelihood of Success on the Merits
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Court Rejects Scientific Theory in Asbestos Litigation; Betz/Simikian v. Pneumo Abex, LLC, et al.
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Illinois Appellate Court Agrees With Trial Court in Dismissing Breach of Fiduciary Duty Claim for Missing Facts; Caplice, et al. v. Stahl Cowen Crowley, LLC, et al.
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Illinois Supreme Court Rules Ambulance Driver is Protected Under Immunity Law
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Study: Teens Don’t See Problem in “Distracted Driving”
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Illinois Appellate Court Denies Hospital its Lien Claim in Auto Crash Injury Case; Jayko v. Fraczek
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Dietary Supplement DMAA Draws Health Warning
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Wrongful Death in Tractor-Trailer Head-On Crash Leads to Insurance Coverage Fight; Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. v. ATS Enterprises
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W.H.O. Declares Diesel Fumes Cause Lung Cancer
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No Motorcycle Brake Defect Found in Death of Husband and Wife Killed in Crash
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Injury Prevention Laws Save Lives
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Campaign Contributions to Judges and Their Court Decisions Cannot be Kept Separate, Says Chief Judge of New York State Unified Court System
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11-Year Process Ends With Cook County Agreeing to Pay 10 Million to Settle Car Crash with Sheriff Officer
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Illinois Appellate Court Holds For Truck Driver in Highway Rollover Case, Reversing Trial Court Decision; Foreman v. Gunite Corporation
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Illinois Appellate Court Holds That Emergency Medical Services Act Does Not Immunize Ambulance Drivers for Negligent Driving; Wilkins v. Williams
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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Finding for Hospital in Doctor’s Injury Case – Caburnay v. Norwegian American Hospital
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U.S. Court of Appeals Rules For Parents of Disabled Woman, Letting Family Sue Chicago Police for Negligence – Paine v. Cason, et al.
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Illinois Appellate Court Allows Premises Liability Case to Proceed Under Safety Code – McCarthy v. R&M Holdings & Quality
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Appellate Court Publishes Opinion Regarding the Use of Tools to Modify Product Causing Injury – Perez v. JLG
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Illinois Appellate Court Rules That Employer May Not Offset Worker’s Compensation Award with Credit – Patel v. Home Depot USA
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Photographic Evidence May Be Found Relevant Without Expert Testimony – Williamson v. Morales
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Internet Linking May Be Copyright Infringement – Flava Works, Inc. v. myVidster.com
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Illinois Jury Finds for Defendant Driver Who Was Ticketed for Hitting Stopped Vehicle
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CEO Binds Limited Liability Company to Loans – J. F. Brewing, Inc. v. PaulMark Land Acquisition
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277,000 Illinois Jury Verdict for Driver’s Ligament Hand Injury
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Engineering Expert Excluded from Testifying Because He Did Not Perform Any Tests to Form His Opinions – Bielskis v. Louisville Ladder, Inc.
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Cook County Jury Finds for Driver Who Hits Crossing Teen in Front of High School
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U.S. Court Finds Injured Worker Is Not a Borrowed Employee of Post Office – Fowler v. U.S.
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Illinois Supreme Court Holds That No Relationship Needed Between Asbestos Exposed Person and Company – Simpkins v. CSX
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Illinois Appellate Court Limits Uninsured Motorist Claim for Workers’ Compensation Benefit Claim – Burcham v. West Bend Mut. Ins. Co.
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U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Trial Court Decision That Party Seeking Discovery Rule Must Offer Sufficient Evidence for Its Use – Broaddus v. Shields
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Cook County Jury Finds for One Taxi Driver Who Struck Another at O’Hare Airport – Said v. Barry
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225,000 Jury Verdict for CTA Passenger Who Fall on Wet Bus Floor – Pflanz v. Chicago Transit Authority
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Illinois Retains Jurisdiction Despite Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for Inconvenient Forum – Fennell v. Illinois Central Railroad Company
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6.4 Million Settlement for Construction Worker’s Injuries Following 25 Foot Fall – Carmona v. Dormitory Authority
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381,000 Verdict in Injury from Chain Reaction Car Crash – Flynn v. Galanis
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1.265 Million Awarded to Investors After Corporation Cancels Stock – Dore, et al. v. Sweports Ltd.
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Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Reduces Trucker’s Weekly Hours
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More Than 16,000 Deaths in Six Years: Texting While Driving
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4.25 Million to Family of Pedestrian Killed in Fiery Highway Crash – Estate of Hawa Sissoko v. Roadway Express, Inc.
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Companies Dispute Responsibility for Workers’ Compensation Claim – Elite Labor Services, Ltd. v. William Dudek Manufacturing
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Bicycle Injuries and Deaths on the Rise – Illinois Lawmakers Amend Illinois Vehicle Code
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Army: Workout Supplements May Have Caused Two Soldiers’ Deaths
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Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal for Subcontractor After Ironworker Injury – Oshana v. FCL Builders
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Illinois Appellate Court Confirms That Softball is a Contact Sport – Gvillo v. DeCamp Junction
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Construction Company Loses Bid for Injury Contribution Claim – McMackin v. Weberpal Roofing
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4.75 Million Jury Verdict to Stand – Supreme Court Will Not Overturn Case of the “Blogging Juror” in Eskew v. Metra and BNSF Railway Co.
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Cook County Jury Finds for Driver of Car in Motorcyclist’s Injury Case – Utterback v. Isenhart
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36M Settlement in Charter Bus, Tractor Trailer Crash That Killed 4 and Injured Many
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20 Million Jury Verdict Reinstated on Substitution of Judge Issue – Powell v. Dean Foods Co.
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City of Chicago to Pay 525,000 to Settle Police Abuse of Autistic Boy
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Illinois Appellate Court Holds That Express Terms in Employment Contract Not Waived – Downs v. Rosenthal Collins Group
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Insurance Company Owed Duty to Defend Claim for Negligent Spoliation of Evidence Because the Vehicle Loss Was Tangible Property – Universal v. LKQ
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