Illinois Second District Appellate Court
Recent News About Illinois Second District Appellate Court
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Nursing homes can use Pritzker Covid orders to block suits over Covid deaths
The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled trial lawyers can't entirely sidestep emergency orders issued by Gov. JB Pritzker at the onset of the Covid pandemic to hit nursing homes with lawsuits over Covid deaths, even though the governor's orders appeared to protect them from such lawsuits -
Appeals court: People can't sue insurers for not processing claims fast enough
Panel affirms Kane County ruling that only government can enforce that element of the state's Insurance Code -
IL appeals court: Waukegan restaurant can be sued for not stopping car from crashing through storefront window
August 2020 crash injured patron who was ordering food -
No injury, no barriers? IL Sup Ct to decide if 'no-injury' standard for big money biometrics lawsuits applies to other laws, too
Walgreens has won the chance to ask the state high court to decide if plaintiffs' lawyers can press big money class actions in Illinois state courts under a federal identity protection law, despite no harm caused by a technical violation of the law, and despite rulings across the country that they can't do so -
Appeals panel says Pritzker order may shield nursing homes from negligence lawsuits during Covid
Families of decedents sued Briar Health Services over loved ones' deaths, but the court said they may be immune from those lawsuits under an executive order issued by Gov. JB Pritzker under Illinois' Emergency Management Association in spring 2020 -
Appeals panel says Mettawa didn't violate neighbors' constitutional rights when it annexed, rezoned Grainger HQ
A state appeals panel said the Lake County village of Mettawa acted within the constitution and its own ordinances, and did not violate the due process rights of a neighboring landowner when it added Grainger's land to its boundaries. -
IL Supreme Court: Hawthorn Woods broke deal first, but developer can't sidestep its obligations
Illinois Supreme Court rules both sides broke the deal over work on a 62-acre piece of land the village would acquire, but both sides continued operating as if the deal was in place, so the deal still exists -
Insurer ordered to cover the city of Sycamore in class action over contamination from decrepit water lines
Residents said water mains provided unsafe drinking water and damaged equipment -
Using Pronouns: IL courts may need to balance person's rights to respect, 'proper pronouns' vs free speech, religious rights of others
A special Illinois Supreme Court subcommittee is exploring potential recommendations for future rules governing how to use pronouns and gendered terminology in court. No challenges against such rules have yet been brought, but future challenges may yet arise under the First Amendment or civil rights laws -
IL Supreme Court: Property buyers are subject to pre-existing annexation agreements, even if they only buy a portion of the land
The decision from the Illinois Supreme Court overturned a ruling from a DeKalb County judge -
Appeals panel OKs sanctions vs Gurnee school board member who sued parents over false claims of racist Facebook posts, threats
The judges said Renea Amen, a school board member who also 'labels herself a civil rights attorney' 'used her status as a public official to intimidate ordinary citizens' who merely wished to do 'the most encouraged of American activities: getting involved in their communities' -
Appeals panel agrees IL police and firefighter pension consolidation doesn't violate state constitution
Downstate and suburban pension funds for police officers and firefighters argued the law, backed by Gov. JB Pritzker, unduly stripped them of local control and violated the Illinois state constitution's pensions protection clause -
Appeals panel orders new trial for man who won $41M after being forcibly evicted from Plano bar
A jury had agreed bar staff were 80% liable for bar patron becoming a quadriplegic, but the bar owners said they weren't given a fair trial -
Appeals panel: Companies that wait to put plan in place for handling fingerprint scans can face massive class actions
An appeals court has ruled companies must secure worker consent before requiring fingerprint scans, not afterward, under Illinois' biometrics privacy law -
Appeals panel: Unionized workers can't use IL law to waive employers' arbitration rights in biometric class actions
A state appeals court says an employer didn't wait too long to use federal labor law to escape workers' class action under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act -
IL Supreme Court says kayaks, upstream land ownership don't let people float past property rights on IL rivers
Supreme Court judges call on Illinois lawmakers to change state rules to grant public access on waterways, even if they're considered "non-navigable" -
IL appeals panel: Asbestos lawsuit can continue vs property owner, as well as employer of man hired to remove debris
Claims not barred because there was no valid contract between firm and employee, panel determines, so everyone involved could be on the hook -
Appeals court: No state law blocks Pritzker from ordering public workers to get vaxxed or get fired
Dissenting Fourth District Appellate Court justice says his colleagues ignored Illinois Supreme Court precedent and other legal precedents in declaring the state's Right of Conscience law only forbids discrimination against conscientous objectors in an "unconventional sense" -
IL High Court says county clerks are administrators, not judges, when it comes to checking the legality of proposed referendums
The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled in a McHenry County case that a county clerk has no right to look beyond the face of a proposed referendum question, in deciding whether to put the matter on the ballot, saying such an examination is the job of a judge, not an administrator. -
Appeals panel: No obligation for insurer to cover Medline vs ethylene oxide lawsuits; emissions began before policy
An appeals court has ruled a Chicago insurer does not have to defend a suburban medical sterilizer company, against a suit claiming plant emissions caused cancer, saying the emissions began before the policy took effect.