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ILLINOIS APPELLATE COURT CLARIFIES "OPEN AND OBVIOUS" IN PARKING GARAGE CASE
February 14th, 2011
Just noticed an interesting premises liability decisision handed down in November by the Illinois Appellate Court, Alqadhi v. Standard Parking. The plaintiff tripped and fell over raised concrete while leaving a parking garage. She suffered injuries to her knees. She alleged that the defendants failed to mark a 3/4 inch rise in concrete leading to a wheelchair…
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COOK COUNTY VERDICT UPHELD IN FALLING TREE BRANCH CASE
November 18th, 2010
Interesting case involving a falling tree branch was discussed in the November 16, 2010 Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. In May, 2003, Maria Ortiz, along with her husband and two children, was riding her bike on the north side of the City. The group somehow got separated, so Ms. Ortiz waited for her family on the 900 block of North Wilson. Strong winds were noted i…
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ILLINOIS WHISTLEBLOWER CASE DISMISSED BY JUDGE - PLAINTIFF DID NOT GO TO PUBLIC OFFICIALS
November 17th, 2010
The November 15, 2010 Chicago Daily Law Bulletin discussed a recent federal court decision where the plaintiff’s claim under the Illinois Whistleblower Act got tossed – because the plaintiff failed to bring his alllegations to public officials. According to the article, wiritten by Patricia Manson, the plaintiff, Gregory Zelman, worked as a piano a…
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Supreme Court allows $3 Million Dollar Retaliatory Award Stand
November 12th, 2010
According to a recent Chicago Daily Law Bulletin article, the United States Supreme Court has elected not to intervene in Chicago-area case retaliatory discharge case where the plaintiff secured a jury verdict of $2.8 million dollars in punitive damages. The plaintiff in the case, Jerri Blount, had alleged that Joseph Stroud, the owner of Jovon Broadcasting, r…
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TEXAS CHEERLEADER BOOTED OFF SQUAD - HER CRIME? SHE DIDN'T CHEER FOR JOCK ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING HER
November 11th, 2010
Saw a fascinanting article in the November 8, 2010 Sports Illustrated, written by Selena Roberts. Ms. Roberts details how a Silsbee, Texas high school cheerleader was kicked off the cheerleading squad. Her crime? She didn’t cheer for an athlete that she claimed had sexually assaulted her. In October, 2008, the cheerleader, who is simply identified as H.S…
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RECENT ILLINOIS CASE: NO DAMAGES FOR "BEING UNABLE TO SLEEP IN ONE'S OWN BED" DUE TO MOLD
October 12th, 2010
Saw this case while doing some research for a new client who suffered extensive damage to his condo… The Illinois Appellate Court, Second District recently handed down a decision involving the damages available[or more accurately NOT available] to people displaced from their homes due to the actions of others. In Mayer v. Chicago Mechanical Services[CMS]…
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CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY WINS SNOW AND ICE CASE
October 4th, 2010
The Illinois Supreme Court recently heard a case where two long-standing principles of Illinois law were at odds. The clashing principles were the “common carrier duty” and the “natural accumulation rule”. The “common carrier duty” mandates that entities providing public transportation are to exercise the highest degree of c…
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ILLINOIS HOME REPAIR AND REMODELING ACT CLARIFIED BY SUPREME COURT
September 24th, 2010
Finally, after much back and forth among the Appellate Courts, the Illinois Supreme Court has weighed in on what happens when a contractor technically violates the Illlinois Home Repair and Remodeling Act [“the Act”]by not complying with some of the provisions. In K. Miller Construction Company, Inc. v. Joseph McGinnis, K Miller Construction, the p…
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MCHENRY COUNTY CANCER CLUSTER CASE SET TO BEGIN
September 13th, 2010
A very intriguing case with local implications is about to unfold next week in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A group of 31 people that lived or had businesses in McHenry County, Illinois is suing Rohm and Haas Chemicals, a subsidiary of Dow Chemical. The plaintiffs are alleging that for over 50 years, Rohm and Haas spilled, leaked and dumped toxic chemicals into…
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HUGE HARASSMENT VERDICT AGAINST CHRYSLER FOR ROCKFORD AREA MAN
September 11th, 2010
Something else that was overlooked by the Chicago-area news outlets… A federal jury in Winnebago County, Illinois recently hammered Chrysler in a religious and ethnic harassment case. Otto May, a Cuban-born Jew, had worked at the Belvidere, Illinois Chrysler plant for 22 years as a pipefitter. During that time he had been repeatedly harassed because of h…
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