Illinois Personal Injury Case Law
Please find, below, selected case laws decided by Supreme Court of Illinois or Court of Appeals of Illinois where the terms personal injury or related terms have been mentioned. These cases are not necessarily personal injury and may include cases where the facts or court decision merely mentions personal injury related legal terms. You are not to rely on these cases as legal advice nor should you rely on them for accuracy. Please see Terms of Service.
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Reed v. Jackson Park Hospital Foundation - 9/28/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Reginald Reed filed a medical malpractice action against Jackson Park Hospital Foundation (JPH), Dr. Ivy Sandifer, Dr. Larry Mitchell, and Medical Emergency Care Associates (MECA) seeking damages for the loss of his...
Milos v. Hall - 9/28/2001
UNPUBLISHED
The plaintiff appeals from an order of the St. Clair County circuit court dismissing counts VII, VIII, and IX of the third amended complaint for the failure to comply with section 2-622 of the Code of Civil Procedure...
Miller v. William Chevrolet/Geo - 9/28/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiff Otha Miller appeals from an order of the Cook County circuit court granting summary judgment in favor of defendants William Chevrolet/GEO, Inc. (William Chevrolet) and HFC Auto Credit Corp. (HFC). Miller's...
Chicago Hospital Risk Pooling Program v. Illinois State Medical Inter-Insurance Exchange - 9/27/2001
UNPUBLISHED
The Chicago Hospital Risk Pooling Program (CHRPP) brought an action against defendant, the Illinois State Medical Inter-Insurance Exchange (ISMIE), under theories of equitable contribution, unjust enrichment, and...
Eads v. Heritage Enterprises - 9/26/2001
Released for publication October 30, 2001.
BETTY LOU EADS, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT v. HERITAGE ENTERPRISES, INC.; RUTLEDGE JOINT VENTURES, LLC, D/B/A MEMORIAL CONTINUCARE; AND MEMORIAL HEALTH VENTURES, DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES ...
Traveler's Insurance Company v. Eljer Manufacturing - 9/20/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Docket Nos. 88407, 88410 cons.-Agenda 17-May 2001.
We are asked in this consolidated appeal to determine when indemnity coverage for "property damage" under excess comprehensive general liability insurance...
F & B Manufacturing Company v. Industrial Commission of Illinois - 9/20/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Respondent F & B Manufacturing Company appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County confirming a decision of the Illinois Industrial Commission (Commission) entered following an earlier remand by the...
Stickler v. American Augers - 9/14/2001
UNPUBLISHED
American Augers, Inc., appeals the dismissal of its third-party complaint against Cee-Jay Contractors, Inc. seeking contribution. We reverse and remand.
Plaintiff, Donna Stickler, filed a wrongful death and...
Robinson v. Chicago Park District - 9/14/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County Honorable Deborah M. Dooling, Judge Presiding
In March of 1994 Delores Robinson filed a wrongful death and survival action on behalf of her son Ralph Robinson, a...
Prairie v. Snow Valley Health Resources - 9/7/2001
PUBLISHED
Defendants, Snow Valley Health Resources, Inc. (Snow Valley), and Rakeesh Marwaha, M.D., appeal a decision of the circuit court of Du Page County granting plaintiff, Robin A. Prairie, a new trial. Following a jury...
Hendricks v. Victory Memorial Hospital - 9/7/2001
PUBLISHED
Defendant, Victory Memorial Hospital (Victory), sought to dismiss the complaint of plaintiffs, Nancy Hendricks and Russell Hendricks, on the ground that it was the second refiling of the same cause of action and...
Rodriguez v. Hushka - 8/31/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County Honorable James P. McCarthy, Judge Presiding
Plaintiffs, Roberto Rodriguez, individually and on behalf of his minor child, Roby Rodriguez, brought this personal...
Cook v. Burnette - 8/31/2001
UNPUBLISHED
MODIFIED UPON DENIAL OF REHEARING
Original opinion filed May 25, 2001.
The present case arises from an order vacating an $800,000 default judgment against defendants Talman Home Federal Savings and Loan...
LID Associates v. Dolan - 8/30/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County. Honorable Lee Preston, Judge Presiding
Plaintiffs, limited partner investors in Cablevision of Chicago (Partnership), brought an action individually and derivatively...
McGee v. Snyder - 8/29/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Plaintiffs, Gary McGee and Christopher Rickard, brought this action pursuant to section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. §1983 (1994)) in the circuit court of Lee County. They allege that defendants, Donald...
Siwek v. Retirement Board of the Policemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund - 8/29/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County. Honorable Dorothy Kirie Kinnaird, Judge Presiding
The question in this case is whether a retired Chicago police officer is entitled to receive his annuity and...
Minikon v. Escobedo - 8/23/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County Honorable John Laurie, Judge Presiding
The plaintiff, Monique Minikon, individually and as mother and next friend of Dashun Minikon, a minor, appeals from an order of...
Whiting v. Coultrip - 8/23/2001
As amended October 3, 2001. Released for publication.
LAURA WHITING, F/K/A LAURA BURNS, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. ROBERT COULTRIP, DEFENDANT-APPELLEE
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the 13th Judicial Circuit, LaSalle...
McKinnon v. Thompson - 8/22/2001
As amended November 14, 2001.
PUBLISHED
Modified Upon Denial of Rehearing
Aaron McKinnon, by his mother, plaintiff Frieda McKinnon, appeals from an order entered by the circuit court of Kane County dismissing with...
Richmond v. Caban - 8/21/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Petitioners, Scott Richmond and Kristine Richmond, as the parents and next friends of their minor daughter, Blythe Richmond, appeal the trial court's judgment enforcing the hospital lien filed by respondent Copley...
Hiscott v. Peters - 8/16/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Defendants Ronald Weidner (Ronald Weidner or Mr. Weidner) and Ronald Weidner, Inc. (collectively Weidner), appeal from the judgment in favor of plaintiffs, George and June Hiscott, following a jury trial. It is the...
Verbance v. Altman - 8/16/2001
UNPUBLISHED
The plaintiff, David Verbance, filed this medical malpractice suit against his urologist, Dr. Ronald Altman, following a failed laparoscopic procedure to remove a kidney stone. The defendant appeals from a jury...
Sprietsma v. Mecury Marine - 8/16/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Docket No. 89492-Agenda 17-March 2001.
The issue in this case is whether the Federal Boat Safety Act of 1971 (FBSA) (46 U.S.C. §4301 et seq. (1994)) preempts state common law causes of action based on the...
Home Insurance Company v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company - 8/14/2001
UNPUBLISHED
This appeal arises from a declaratory judgment action filed by plaintiff-appellant, the Home Insurance Company (Home). In the trial court, Home, among other things, sought a declaration that defendant-appellee, United...
Manuel v. Red Hill Community Unit School District #10 Board of Education - 8/9/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Carrie S. Manuel (plaintiff) filed a four-count complaint in the circuit court of Lawrence County. Red Hill Community Unit School District #10 was named as a defendant in counts I and III. Red Hill Community Unit...
Roth v. Illinois Farmers Insurance Company - 8/7/2001
UNPUBLISHED
This is an appeal from an order granting a motion for summary judgment in a declaratory judgment action brought to adjudicate the meaning of the language contained within an insurance policy of Illinois Farmers...
Sunderland v. Portes - 8/1/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Minor plaintiffs, Mariah Sunderland and Ryder Sunderland, through their next friends, Edward Sunderland and Miranda Sunderland, and Edward and Miranda Sunderland individually, filed a medical malpractice complaint...
Legris v. Industrial Commission - 7/31/2001
UNPUBLISHED
Claimant Terry Legris appeals from the order of the circuit court of McLean County reversing a decision of the Illinois Industrial Commission (Commission). The arbitrator found the claim was untimely and barred by the...
Blutcher v. EHS Trinity Hospital - 3/29/2001
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County.
The Honorable Philip L. Bronstein, Judge Presiding.
This appeal arises from an order of the circuit court granting plaintiff's petition under section 2-1401 of the Code of Civil...
Naqvi v. Rossiello - 3/29/2001
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County.
Honorable Kathy M. Flanagan, Judge Presiding.
This appeal arises from an order of the circuit court of Cook County granting summary judgment and dismissing plaintiff's legal...
Guerrero v. Sebastian Contracting Corp. - 3/27/2001
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County.
The Honorable Walter J. Kowalski, Judge Presiding.
Third party defendant L.B. Hall Enterprises, Inc. (Hall), appeals from an order of the Cook County circuit court entering...
Devoney v. Retirement Board of the Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of the City of Chicago - 3/26/2001
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County Honorable Lester D. Foreman, Judge Presiding.
Petitioner, William Devoney, a former Chicago police lieutenant, appeals the circuit court's decision to affirm the order of the...
Alderson v. Southern Co. - 3/22/2001
I. INTRODUCTION
The appellants in this case are affiliated corporations that allegedly owned, possessed, or operated the premises where the accident giving rise to this dispute occurred. They appeal from the order of the circuit...
Sollami v. Eaton - 3/21/2001
Not Released For Publication
KATHLEEN M. SOLLAMI, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, AND PHILLIP SOLLAMI, PLAINTIFF AND COUNTERDEFENDANT-APPELLANT, v. LAWRENCE EATON, DEFENDANT AND COUNTERPLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, AND ICON HEALTH AND FITNESS, INC.,...
Shaffer v. Liberty Life Assurance Co. of Boston - 3/14/2001
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County. Honorable Henry A. Budzinski, Judge Presiding.
Petitioner Dennis Shaffer appeals from orders of the circuit court granting intervenors Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston's...
North American Insurance Company v. Kemper National Insurance Company - 3/9/2001
Not Released For Publication
NORTH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. KEMPER NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, AND AMERICAN MOTORIST INSURANCE COMPANY, DEFENDANT-APPELLEE.
Appeal From The Circuit Court Of Cook...
Glenn v. Johnson - 3/7/2001
Herschel Johnson appeals from the trial court's December 22, 1999, and December 29, 1999, orders regarding the distribution of the wrongful-death settlement that the appellees made with John Deere Company (John Deere).
In...
People v. Brown - 3/6/2001
In March 1999, the State charged defendant, William M. Brown, with aggravated battery of a child (720 ILCS 5/12-4.3(a) (West 1998)). In July 1999, a jury found defendant guilty of the crime charged. In August 1999, the trial court...
Leighton v. Chicago Housing Authority - 3/1/2001
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County. The Honorable Kathy M. Flanagan, Judge Presiding.
On July 3, 1996, plaintiff, D.H., filed a complaint against the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA), alleging that while she resided in a...
Snelson v. Kamm - 2/28/2001
In January 1996, plaintiff, Robert L. Snelson, sued defendants, Dr. Donald Kamm and St. Mary's Hospital of Decatur (St. Mary's), for medical malpractice. Following a June 1999 jury trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of Snelson...
Ratcliffe v. Apantaku - 12/29/2000
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County Honorable Michael Hogan, Judge Presiding.
This appeal arises from the dismissal of plaintiff's complaint for failure to file a physician's report as required by 735 ILCS 5/2-622 (West...
People v. Kraus - 12/29/2000
Defendant James A. Kraus appeals a jury conviction and judgment for aggravated reckless homicide. Defendant was convicted of both aggravated reckless homicide and reckless homicide but was sentenced on only aggravated reckless...
Martin v. Illinois Farmers Insurance - 12/29/2000
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County Honorable Aaron J. Jaffe, Judge Presiding.
Plaintiff, Theresa Martin, brought a declaratory judgment action seeking to construe the limits of underinsured motorist coverage contained...
Juarez v. Commonwealth Medical Associates - 12/27/2000
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County. Honorable Ronald Banks and Maureen Durkin Roy, Judges Presiding.
Two trials took place in this medical malpractice action filed by plaintiff Carmen Juarez. The first trial raises the...
Scott v. Morrison Community Hospital District - 12/27/2000
Petitioners filed a petition seeking detachment from respondent Morrison Community Hospital District pursuant to section 10 of the Hospital District Law. 70 ILCS 910/10 (West Supp. 1999). Respondent objected to the petition on various...
Wilfert v. Retirement Board of the Firemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund of Chicago - 12/22/2000
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY. HONORABLE JOHN K. MADDEN, JUDGE PRESIDING.
Plaintiff Kenneth Wilfert appeals an order of the circuit court of Cook County denying his petition for administrative review of the...
Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. - 12/22/2000
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County Honorable Michael B. Getty, Judge Presiding.
This appeal arises out of an action for declaratory judgment filed by plaintiff, Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, Inc., (Farm Bureau),...
Townsend v. University of Chicago Hospitals - 12/20/2000
The question in this medical negligence case is whether the proof created a fatal gap between the defendant doctor's purported negligent breach of the applicable standard of care and the death of Debra Puckett. The trial judge held...
Zurich Insurance Co. v. Amcast Industrial Corp. - 12/19/2000
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County.
Honorable John Laurie, Judge Presiding.
Plaintiff Zurich Insurance Company ("plaintiff" or "Zurich") appeals from the judgment of the circuit court of Cook County dismissing its...
Carroll v. Paddock - 12/11/2000
Plaintiff, Paul D. Carroll, as the administrator of the estate of Joshua A. Carroll, appeals the order of the circuit court of Edgar County dismissing his complaint against defendants, Human Resources Center of Edgar and Clark Counties...
Anderson v. Alberto-Culver USA - 12/7/2000
Not Released For Publication
CRAIG ANDERSON, SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF CATHERINE ANDERSON, DECEASED, PLAINTIFF, v. ALBERTO-CULVER USA, INC., A CORPORATION, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT, AON CORPORATION, A CORPORATION,...
In re Krule - 12/1/2000
Agenda 15-September 2000.
Jerome Krule petitioned this court for review of the most recent recommendation by the Committee on Character and Fitness (the Committee) that he not be certified for admission to the bar. 166 Ill. 2d R....
Bishop v. Burgard - 12/1/2000
The defendant-appellant, Administrative Committee (Committee), administers the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) plan (plan) in which the plaintiff-appellee, Catherine Bishop, participates. The Committee appeals the...
Travelers Insurance Co. v. Eljer Manufacturing - 12/1/2000
Agenda 17-September 2000.
This appeal arises out of four actions for declaratory judgment filed in the circuit court of Cook County by numerous insurance companies against Eljer Manufacturing, Inc., U.S. Brass Corporation, and...
Thigpen v. Retirement Board of Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago - 11/28/2000
Not Released For Publication.
CLIFTON THIGPEN, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. RETIREMENT BOARD OF FIREMEN'S ANNUITY AND BENEFIT FUND OF CHICAGO, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County No. 98 CH 17882...
Illinois Central Railroad Company v. Accident and Casualty Company of Winterthur - 11/22/2000
This coverage dispute between plaintiff Illinois Central Railroad Company (IC) and its 35 excess insurers (collectively defendants) has been before this court previously. See Kerr v. Illinois Central R.R. Co., 283 Ill. App. 3d 574...
Arteman v. Clinton Community Unit School Dist. No. 15 - 11/22/2000
In March 1999, plaintiffs, Jeremy Arteman and his father, Steve Arteman (collectively, the Artemans), sued defendant, Clinton Community Unit School District No. 15 (School District), for injuries Jeremy sustained while roller blading...
Wildman - 11/20/2000
Plaintiff Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon (Wildman) filed a breach of contract action against defendants Robert and Virginia Gaylord to recover attorney fees. Plaintiffs sought $56,869.34 in attorney fees and $1,553.34 in costs for...
VanPlew v. Riccio - 11/17/2000
Linda VanPlew, the plaintiff, appeals the trial court's decision to grant the motion of defendants Robert and Margo Riccio (the Riccios) for summary judgment in a case where the plaintiff was attacked by the Riccios' dog. We affirm. ...
Mitchell v. Palos Community Hospital - 11/16/2000
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County.
Honorable Irwin J. Solganick, Judge Presiding.
This appeal arises out of a medical malpractice action. Following a jury trial, a verdict was rendered in favor of all defendants...
Morris B. Chapman & Associates - 11/16/2000
Docket No. 88393-Agenda 24-May 2000.
This action for attorney fees was filed in the circuit court of Madison County.
BACKGROUND
Johnny Kitzman died in an excavation-related accident in Missouri. His widow, Karen,...
Wreglesworth v. Arctco - 11/14/2000
Third-party plaintiffs Arctic Cat, Inc., and Arctic Cat Sales, Inc. (hereinafter referred to collectively as Arctic Cat), appeal from an order of the Cook County circuit court dismissing their claim for contribution against third-party...
Lagrange Memorial Hospital v. St. Paul Insurance Company - 11/9/2000
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County Honorable SIDNEY A. JONES Judge Presiding.
This is an insurance coverage dispute between LaGrange Memorial Hospital (LaGrange) and St. Paul Insurance Company (St. Paul) arising out of...
Relsolelo v. Fisk - 11/3/2000
Defendant, John Fisk, brought this interlocutory appeal, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 304(b)(5), challenging a civil contempt order entered by the trial court. The trial court held defendant in contempt for his refusal to comply with...
Susnis v. Radfar - 11/3/2000
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County Honorable James S. Quinlan, Jr., Judge Presiding.
This appeal concerns a medical malpractice action brought on behalf of plaintiff, Taylor Susnis, a minor, by her parents, plaintiffs,...
Bloom v. Braun - 11/1/2000
(NUNC PRO TUNC September 20, 2000)
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County. Honorable Philip L. Bronstein, Judge Presiding.
Plaintiff Rhonda Bloom appeals from an order of the circuit court dismissing her second...
Wreglesworth v. Arctco - 9/29/2000
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY.
HONORABLE MICHAEL HOGAN, JUDGE PRESIDING.
Defendants Arctic Cat, Inc., and Arctco Sales, Inc. (hereinafter referred to collectively as the Arctco defendants), appeal from an...
Bailey v. Allstate Development Corporation - 9/29/2000
Plaintiff, Earl Bailey, filed a first amended complaint against defendants Allstate Development Corporation and Allstate Insurance Company (hereinafter referred to collectively as Allstate or defendants) seeking damages for injuries...
Reardon v. Bonutti Orthopaedic Services - 9/29/2000
Marc Reardon (plaintiff) appeals the February 27, 1998, judgment entered by the Effingham County circuit court. The trial court entered the judgment following a jury verdict against plaintiff and for Bonutti Orthopaedic Services, Ltd.,...
Reda v. Advocate Health Care - 9/29/2000
I. BACKGROUND
Susan Capra appeals from a circuit court order holding her in civil contempt for refusing to comply with prior orders of the court directing her to produce psychological and psychiatric documents subpoenaed in a...
Kass v. Resurrection Medical Center - 9/29/2000
There is one issue in this case: Did the trial court abuse its discretion when it found a defense lawyer's remark during closing argument was so improper it entitled the plaintiff to a new trial? We conclude the answer is yes. We...
Copeland v. Stebco Products Corp. - 9/29/2000
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County
Honorable James S. Quinlan, Jr., Judge Presiding.
Plaintiff, Catherine Jo Copeland, brought this action against defendant, Stebco Products Corporation (Stebco), for an eye injury...
Edward Gray Corp. v. Industrial Commission - 9/28/2000
Claimant, Michael Gimino, sought benefits pursuant to the Workers' Compensation Act (Act) (820 ILCS 305/1 et seq. (West 1994)) for injuries sustained while in the employ of Edward Gray Corporation (Graycor). Gimino was employed by...
American Family Mutual Insurance Co. v. Savickas - 9/28/2000
Agenda 11-March 2000.
Michael Savickas stands convicted of the first degree murder (720 ILCS 5/9-1(a)(1), (a)(2) (West 1992)) of Thomas S. Vinicky (Thomas). Elizabeth Vinicky, the administrator of Thomas's estate (Elizabeth), has...
Don Saffold Enterprises v. Concept I - 9/26/2000
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County. Honorable Nancy J. Arnold, Judge Presiding.
Plaintiff, Don Saffold Enterprises, appeals from an order of the circuit court dismissing its complaint with prejudice, on motion of...
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