Illinois First District Appellate Court
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Recent News About Illinois First District Appellate Court
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An Illinois state appeals panel rejected an attempt by hospital and health care system Advocate to use a so-called 'high-low' settlement offer to undo a portion of a $21M malpractice verdict. The appeals panel said the settlement offer wasn't sufficient under an Illinois state law establishing plaintiffs' right to pre-judgment interest
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An Illinois appeals panel said a group of trucking companies should get a new trial in a rear-end crash case that left a woman severely injured because the woman's lawyers from the Allen Law Group may have used social media posts to improperly sway jurors
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Climber failed to show liability release violated sound public policy
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Chicago and gun control activists can revive their lawsuit against a now-closed Indiana gun shop for allegedly supplying illegal firearms to criminals in the city, a state appeals panel says. The decision overturns a Cook County judge's ruling, which had determined Illinois courts lacked jurisdiction in the dispute
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A state appeals panel said the CTA owed no special duty to keep a watch out for or rescue a woman who had dropped down onto the tracks at the 69th Street Red Line station to retrieve the mobile phone she had dropped seconds before she was struck and killed by a train attempting an emergency stop
