Illinois First District Appellate Court
Recent News About Illinois First District Appellate Court
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IL appeals court: Attorney McNabola's conduct 'breaches' should cost him $8M fees in muddied $25M injury suit settlement
An Illinois appeals panel has ruled Chicago lawyer Mark McNabola should get $281,000 as his cut from a clouded $25 million personal injury settlement, instead of $8 million, because his conduct at trial put the settlement in "serious jeopardy." -
Appeals panel: Ticket scalping class action can't use court rule to bypass Ticketmaster's arbitration agreement
Plaintiff in ticket scalping lawsuit tried to force Ticketmaster to identify tickety resellers on its site, which she wanted to use to launch a class action over alleged ticket scalping allegedly encouraged by Ticketmaster. -
IL Supreme Court says private ambulances can be sued for non-emergency traffic crashes
A divided Illinois Supreme Court has ruled ambulance companies can be sued for negligence in traffic crashes that occur during non-emergency trips -
Appeals court says homeowners stalled too long before suing O'Hare over aircraft noise, calls their attorneys 'careless'
A state appeals panel has grounded a suit by Bensenville homeowners against the city of Chicago, which alleged their property rights were violated by noise from nearby O’Hare International Airport, saying homeowners waited too long to sue. -
Appeals panel: Once-disabled lawyer needs more than oral agreement to force ex-firm to fork over millions in back pay
An Illinois appellate court has confirmed a Cook County court ruling that a suburban lawyer is not entitled to millions in back pay from his ex-firm, Schiff Hardin. -
Appeals court wrings out Whirlpool's lawsuit vs ex-lawyer over bad advice on Chinese aluminum imports
Appliance giant Whirlpool sued its former attorney and the firm of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath after it says its lawyer gave bad advice that subjected it to government duties on Chinese appliance handles. -
Judge pulls final plug on Fox brothers $100M Ditto Trade defamation suit vs Wert, Tribune
A Cook County judge denied the request from the brothers who formerly headed troubled online brokerage Ditto Trade to reconsider his earlier ruling dismissing their defamation lawsuit vs media executive Larry Wert. -
Illinois high court brushes away lead paint suit, says Medicaid paid for kids' lead screenings so parents can't sue
Allowing the parents to sue in this case would open the door to a host of lawsuits brought by people who never lost anything, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled. -
Appeals panel says ACLU should get fees for winning transgender civil rights case vs state, despite pro bono work
A Cook County judge had denied the fees to Jenner & Block and the ACLU, saying it was a "gift" to ACLU at taxpayers' expense -
IL Supreme Court: Proviso H.S. District owes contractor for fire repair work, even though board never OK'd contract
Restore Construction should be paid $1.4M because the Proviso District 209 supervisor and state financial supervisor approved the work, and the board 'informally approved' by never objecting, the state high court ruled. -
Medmal case should not have won full new trial, when only one portion of case decided by jury, IL Supreme Court says
The Illinois Supreme Court says an appellate court decision to grant a new trial on a count decided by directed verdict does not also remand a count decided by jury verdict -
Appeals panel says Wrongful Death Act applies to 'nonviable' fetus aborted because of surgery on mother
A Chicago appeals court has ruled the the parents of an aborted fetus may cite the Illinois Wrongful Death Act to sue two suburban doctors, whom the parents alleged performed an operation on the pregnant mother that harmed the fetus, forcing the parents to abort. -
Appeals court says State Farm could be liable for company attorney who allegedly issued 'fraudulent' summonses in auto crash suits
A Chicago appeals panel has reinstated part of a class action against State Farm Insurance, which alleged a company attorney fraudulently served summonses in traffic crash suits. -
Appeals court: Deutsche Bank doesn't have unlimited tries to dismiss, refile foreclosure actions
Appellate court rules mortgage lenders can't keep filing foreclosure actions after voluntarily dismissing them -
Appeals panel says CTA can keep its drug rebates, doesn't need to share with workers' retirement plan organization
Retirement plan said Caremark savings should be passed on, but judges said CTA wasn't the plan's fiduciary -
Appeals panel: Insurer can't avoid covering Schaumburg L.A. Tan franchisee vs fingerprint scan class action
The justices ruled a "publication" under the terms of the policy can include a disclosure of fingerprint scans to a third-party software vendor, making it a "personal injury" under the Illinois BIPA law. -
Appeals panel: Cook County can tax gun sales, ammunition
Justices determine county regulation doesn't inhibit Second Amendment rights -
Hyman, Johnson appear to secure seats on Illinois First District Appellate Court
Cook County Democratic endorsed candidates split results, as Hyman bests three opponents, Griffin appears to fall Johnson, in balloting for appellate seat. -
Appeals panel locks away due process class action vs Cook Sheriff from employees disciplined for alleged misconduct
Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board may have been improperly constituted, but the workers still have state law options to press their claims, federal judges say -
Cook County voters warned against some judge candidates, encouraged to support others, by candidate ratings groups
The Illinois Civil Justice League particularly warned voters on two judicial candidates it considers to be "stalking horse candidates" on ballot to help "chosen" Democratic Party "insiders"