Personal Injury

Illinois Supreme Court Answers Three Certified Questions Regarding the Application of Section 2-622’s Affidavit Requirement in Medical Negligence Cases

In a recent decision from an Illinois appellate court in the Second Division, the plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against a number of defendants, alleging that the defendants were negligent in their failure to diagnose their son’s head trauma symptoms following a high school football game. The plaintiffs filed the action as individuals and as plenary […]

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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment for Storeowner Based on Judicial Estoppel in Premises Liability Claim

In a recent opinion from the Second District of the Appellate Court of Illinois, the plaintiff appealed a lower court’s ruling granting the defendant summary judgment based on the doctrine of judicial estoppel. According to this widely recognized legal principle, a party is precluded from taking a position in a legal proceeding that is contrary

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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment for Property Owner in Premises Liability Lawsuit

In Atchley v. University of Chicago Medical Center, the plaintiff was a delivery driver who was making a delivery of two pallets of beverages at the defendant’s premises. The plaintiff backed his truck up to the dock space, but he soon discovered that the dock lever that would raise the dock to the same level as

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Illinois Appellate Court Reverses Summary Judgment for City in Bike Accident Case

In Corbett v. The County of Lake and The City of Highland Park, the plaintiff alleged that she sustained serious injuries when she was riding her bike on a path located in Lake County. Following the accident, the plaintiff filed a claim against multiple defendants, alleging that they were responsible for her injuries, which resulted from

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Illinois Appellate Court Upholds Summary Judgment in Boating Accident Negligence Case

In Schade v. Clausius, the Illinois Appellate Court for the First District considered an appeal in a negligence action in which the plaintiff alleged that she suffered injuries while aboard the defendant’s boat. On July 4, 2010, the plaintiff was on a boat that had sailed to a spot in Lake Michigan and anchored along with

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