Illinois Appellate Court
The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Appellate Court ruled in December that an injury sustained by a police officer while loading his duty bag into his car at home was compensable. The case involved the Bolingbook Police Department…
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UPDATE: In 2016, the Illinois Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Appellate Court in Moon V. Rhode Like all personal injury cases, wrongful death claims must be filed within a certain period of time. The…
Continue ReadingAn Illinois Appellate Court recently ruled that a worker who allegedly sustained exposure to asbestos while working for his employer between 1966 and 1970 was not barred from pursuing a personal injury claim by the exclusive…
Continue ReadingResearch indicates that auto accident injury victims who hire attorneys receive larger settlement payments. Plus, the Illinois Appellate Court ruled that school districts my not be shielded from liability under the Tort Immunity Act on this…
Continue ReadingA wrongful death lawsuit involving a seven-year-old girl who witnessed her mother being run over by a Greyhound bus has returned to Cook County Circuit Court after more than a decade and more than 25 appeals.…
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