Illinois First District Appellate Court
Recent News About Illinois First District Appellate Court
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Appeals panel: Winston & Strawn not on hook in malpractice claim over concert deal gone bad at Indian casino
Court says Cardenas Marketing never showed how different advice from counsel would have changed the outcome in any way -
Appellate panel: Hospitals not on hook for malpractice claims because doctors not employees
Centegra Hospital McHenry -
Chicago, officers cited for false arrest, imprisonment
A Chicago man who alleges false arrest has sued the city and several police officers. -
Appeals panel: Forest Preserve didn't overstep law when buying Barrington Hills horse ranch out of foreclosure
A state appeals panel has determined the Cook County Forest Preserve District did not violate the law when the district purchased a Barrington Hills horse ranch out of foreclosure by first purchasing the mortgage note from the bank, and then standing as the highest bidder when the property went to foreclosure auction a few months later. -
Appellate panel: Zurich insurers not on hook for $8 million fax-blasting settlement
Insurance companies will not need to pay out $8 million to help a Pennsylvania company settle a class action for reportedly “fax-blasting” hundreds of businesses in Illinois and elsewhere, after a state appellate panel determined the sending of the faxes at the center of the case could not be considered an “accidental” occurrence under Pennsylvania law.On May 13, a three-justice panel of the Illinois -
Appeals panel upholds dismissal of Northwestern professor's defamation suit vs Sun-Times over sexual assault allegations
A state appeals panel has refused to allow a former Northwestern University professor to resume his suit against several Chicago news media outlets, which he alleged defamed him by wrongly accusing him of rape in headlines connected to stories reporting a female student’s sexual abuse allegations against him. -
Appellate court: Woman raped walking to car after leaving work can resume suit vs. University of Chicago hospital
A woman who was beaten and raped while walking through a park to her vehicle at the end of her night shift at The University of Chicago Medical Center has won the chance to resume her lawsuit against the school and hospital, after a state appellate panel found a lower court too hastily dismissed her complaint alleging her employer failed to provide her with the level of security she was promised when -
Appellate court extinguishes former fire commissioner's suit against Daley and chief of staff
MasonThe former city of Chicago fire commissioner who resigned under pressure allegedly from former Mayor Richard M. Daley amid an ongoing investigation into allegations of sexual harassment will not be allowed to continue suing Daley and the former mayor’s chief of staff Raymond Orozco over his claims the mayor improperly forced him out of his job simply because the mayor didn’t like him and wished -
Panel affirms dismissal of defamation suit against Cook County judge
The First District Appellate Court has upheld the dismissal of a defamation suit that a since-suspended attorney brought against Cook County Associate Judge James E. Snyder in 2012. -
ARDC panel affirms recommendation to suspend Chicago lawyer who accused judges of corruption
The Review Board of the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) has recommended a three-year suspension for a Chicago lawyer who accused four Cook County judges of corruption, including allegations they fixed cases.
