Illinois Second District Appellate Court
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IL high court: Atty fee-splitting deals valid even if don't include verbiage declaring 'joint responsibility'
Lawyers in Illinois who benefit from clients sent their way under referral agreements with other lawyers will still need to pay the referring attorneys, even if the referral agreements don’t include language explicitly declaring the lawyers agree to share “joint financial responsibility” for the case, the Illinois Supreme Court has declared. -
Second District Appellate Court upholds ruling forcing College of DuPage and its foundation to release subpoena
The Illinois Second District Appellate Court has upheld a circuit court's ruling granting the Chicago Tribune's request for summary judgment in its attempt to force the College of DuPage and its fundraising foundation to release a subpoena. -
IL appeals panel: Man can challenge constitutionality of state's retroactive estate tax bill
A state appeals panel has overturned a DuPage County circuit judge’s dismissal of a challenge to Illinois’ retroactive estate tax, saying an executor is entitled to pursue his case against the tax in circuit court, not the Illinois Court of Claims as the state asserted. -
Man did not sidestep bankruptcy court by playing coy, waiting to file personal injury suit: Appeal panel
A bankrupt plaintiff did not try to do an end-run around the bankruptcy court by hiding a personal injury lawsuit from his list of pending claims, an Illinois appeals panel said, reversing a lower court decision that dismissed the lawsuit against the Blain’s Farm & Fleet retail chain. -
IL DCFS misled teacher seeking to defend herself against state abuse findings, state high court says
The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld a Lake County judge's decision to clear the name of a local school teacher accused of abusing her own child, saying the lower court judge was correct to allow her to have her day in court to challenge a state agency's finding against her. -
Disease linked to firefighting not 'catastrophic injury' allowing free health insurance: IL Supreme Court
A Rockford firefighter who officials determined contracted cardiomyopathy through his decades of service at the city’s fire department cannot also assert the disease should be considered a “catastrophic injury” entitling him and his wife to free health insurance under a “line-of-duty” pension, the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled. -
Suburban nonprofit theater not property tax exempt because not 'charitable,' panel says
A suburban community theater troupe will not receive a property tax exemption on its theater, after a state appellate court upheld previous findings by the state and a trial court that the theater, while nonprofit, is not charitable enough to qualify for an exemption. -
Appeals panel: 'Close ties' may make Northwestern Memorial liable for Erie clinic staff's actions
Hospitals may be held liable for the actions of medical professionals they do not employ, an Illinois appellate court has affirmed. -
Panel: Judge erred in dismissing lawsuit over suburban Walmart store, denying new judge request
Two suburban communities in northern Kane County engaged in a custody battle over a Walmart store are headed back to circuit court — with a new presiding judge — after a state appellate panel weighed in on the dispute. -
Suburban city OK to refer health insurance provision to arbitrator during firefighter contract talks: Panel
A DuPage County city was justified in referring a health insurance provision to an arbitrator during difficult negotiations with its firefighters union, according to a ruling recently affirmed by a state appellate panel. -
Lawyer needed to have verbal fee-sharing agreement in writing to enforce his claim: Appeals panel
An Illinois appeals court has upheld a McHenry County judge’s ruling that a Chicago lawyer is not obliged to give a slice of his $1.4 million legal fee to the suburban lawyer who referred a malpractice case to him, because the referring lawyer didn’t abide by rules requiring he inform the client the fee would be split. -
Disability harassment no different than other forms of harassment, appeals panel says
Story CopyIllinois’ second largest city could face an action brought by a fired worker under the Illinois Human Rights Act, after an at-times divided appellate panel ruled the law’s prohibition on workplace harassment also specifically extends to protect those with disabilities. -
Appeals court rules posting records to a government website may not be enough to justify FOIA rejection
A recent ruling in Illinois appellate court could challenge just how free governments are to deny public records requests simply because those records are available on a website. -
McCormick Foundation OK to sue over insurance advice blamed for hefty legal bills after Tribune bankruptcy
A state appeals panel has ruled two former major shareholders in the Tribune Company, who are in litigation with creditors, can continue to press their malpractice suit against a prominent Chicago insurance broker for allegedly giving bum advice to change insurance companies, which put the ex-shareholders on the hook for legal costs instead of their insurer. -
Appeals panel: Families of medical malpractice plaintiffs who die while case pending can add wrongful death claims to lawsuit
Unraveling what it called a “classic clash of apparently conflicting statutes,” an Illinois appeals panel has ruled the family of a woman who died while her medical negligence lawsuit was pending against a doctor, the University of Chicago Medical Center and affiliates is not blocked by a statute of repose from adding wrongful death claims to the preexisting lawsuit. -
Appeals panel: Ex-assistant state's attorney's lies mean DeKalb County on hook for stiffed supplier's legal bills
A state appeals panel has ruled a north central Illinois county is on the hook for legal costs incurred by a construction component company, because an assistant state’s attorney for the county – who has since been suspended from practice – told the court the county had secured a bond in connection with a building project, when it had not. -
Increased risk, but not actual ID theft, not enough to sustain data breach suits vs Advocate, appeals panel says
The theft of laptop computers from one of Illinois’ largest health care providers may have increased the possibility millions of people whose information was stored on those computers could suffer identity theft. But the mere possibility this may occur is not enough to allow a group of plaintiffs to continue with a lawsuit against Advocate Medical Group over the computer thefts, a state appellate panel has ruled. -
Appellate panel: Horse trainer should not be saddled with such high judgment
The Illinois Second District Appellate Court has ruled a Chicago area horse trainer should not pony up as much money to a New York attorney and harness racing enthusiast as a DuPage County jury had said he should, finishing the latest leg of a lawsuit that arose from business dealings that went lame. -
Appeals panel: Trial court should not have closed discovery into Aurora Planned Parenthood clinic zoning
An appeals court has ordered DuPage County’s circuit court to take another look at whether Planned Parenthood’s Aurora clinic may not be allowed in its current location under the city of Aurora’s zoning code. -
IL Sup. Court: Comcast must disclose ID of commenter accused of calling politician 'Sandusky waiting to be exposed'
Assumed moniker not enough to protect those who accuse others of crime,other heinous acts in online forums