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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Nissenson v. Bradley - 9/26/2000
Contemnor Roy Olson was the attorney for plaintiff Mary Nissenson in this medical malpractice action. Contemnor appeals from an order finding him in contempt for failure to pay $3,220 in attorney fees and expenses incurred by defendant...
Roark v. Macoupin Creek Drainage Dist. - 9/25/2000
In August 1994, plaintiff, Nancy Roark, filed a complaint under the Illinois Drainage Code (Drainage Code) (70 ILCS 605/1-1 through 12-23 (West 1992)) against defendants, claiming damages and requesting injunctive relief regarding...
Jones v. Chicago Osteopathic Hospital - 9/20/2000
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County. Honorable Sharon Johnson Coleman, Judge Presiding.
Andrew Jones was born with severe brain damage. He led a debilitative life until he was 1½ years old, when he died of respiratory...
Rice v. Ford Motor Company - 9/20/2000
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County. Honorable Michael J. Hogan, Judge Presiding.
Upon reconsideration of its order denying defendant Ford Motor Company's (defendant) motion to dismiss plaintiffs' complaint pursuant to...
Hendry v. Ornda Health Corporation - 9/14/2000
Defendants Ornda Health Corporation, Inc. (Ornda), Tenet Health Care Corporation (Tenet), and Davenport Medical Center (Davenport) (collectively hereafter referred to as corporate defendants) bring this interlocutory appeal from the...
Jones v. Rockford Memorial Hospital - 9/14/2000
Plaintiff, Brenda Jones, appeals from orders of the trial court granting judgment in favor of defendants, Rockford Memorial Hospital (Rockford) and Dennis F. Fancsali, M.D., and denying plaintiff's posttrial motions. This appeal does...
Country Mutual Insurance Co. v. Federated Mutual Insurance Co. - 9/7/2000
Defendant, Federated Mutual Insurance Company (Federated), appeals an order of the circuit court of Sangamon County granting summary judgment to plaintiff, Country Mutual Insurance Company (Country Mutual), in a declaratory judgment...
Physicians Insurance Exchange v. Jennings - 9/1/2000
For the trial advocate, appellate jurisdiction is akin to strolling through a minefield. This appeal arises out of a declaratory judgment action and counterclaim filed by Physicians Insurance Exchange (Physicians) and Continental...
Country Mutual Insurance Co. v. Universal Underwriters Insurance Co. - 9/1/2000
Country Mutual Insurance Company (Country Mutual) filed suit against Universal Underwriters Insurance Company (Universal), seeking reimbursement of funds expended defending David Evans, who was involved in a traffic accident while test...
Belleville Toyota - 8/30/2000
This case involves a claim by a Toyota dealership against the defendants, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., the authorized importer of new Toyota vehicles into the United States, and Toyota Motor Distributors, the wholesale distributor of...
Adukia v. Finney - 8/25/2000
The issue in this case arose when the supreme court, in Best v. Taylor Machine Works, 179 Ill. 2d 367, 689 N.E.2d 1057 (1997), struck down a statute that replaced joint and several liability with proportionate several liability....
Puleo v. McGladrey & Pullen - 8/21/2000
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County Honorable DIANE J. LARSEN Judge Presiding.
This appeal is a consolidation of plaintiff Christina Puleo's two separate appeals, one pursuant to Illinois Supreme Court Rule 307 (155 Ill....
William J. Templeman Co. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. - 8/15/2000
Plaintiffs William J. Templeman Company and William J. Templeman (collectively "Templeman" or "plaintiffs") appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook County granting summary judgment in favor of defendant Liberty Mutual...
People v. Simms - 8/10/2000
Agenda 6-November 1999.
On November 14, 1995, defendant, Darryl Simms, filed a post-conviction petition in the circuit court of Du Page County pursuant to the Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Act) (725 ILCS 5/122-1 et seq. (West...
Parks v. Kownacki - 8/10/2000
cons.-Agenda 16-January 2000.
The issue presented is whether plaintiff's second amended complaint, which contains 14 counts relating to her alleged sexual abuse by a Roman Catholic priest, is barred by the statute of limitations....
American National Bank & Trust Co. v. City of Chicago - 8/10/2000
Agenda 14-November 1999.
The plaintiff, American National Bank and Trust Company, as special administrator of the estate of Renee Kazmierowski, brought the present action in the circuit court of Cook County against the...
Nichol v. Stass - 8/10/2000
Agenda 15-May 1999.
The plaintiffs, Gregory Nichol and Ruby Nichol, brought this action in the circuit court of Cook County individually and as cospecial administrators of the estate of the decedent, Jonathan Nichol, against the...
Browning v. Plumlee - 8/4/2000
The plaintiffs, Robert E. Browning and Nora Browning, filed a multicount complaint arising out of a traffic accident that occurred as defendant Robert L. Plumlee was test-driving a truck owned by defendant Greg Weeks Pontiac...
Adams v. Family Planning Associates Medical Group - 6/30/2000
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County Honorable Leonard L. Levin, Judge Presiding.
Plaintiff, Dianne Adams, appeals from the trial court's denial of her motion for a new trial, following a jury verdict in favor of...
Norskog v. Pfiel - 6/30/2000
Defendants Roger and Gayle Pfiel appeal from the April 30, 1999, order holding them in civil contempt for refusing to comply with prior orders of the court directing them to identify any mental health providers seen by their son Steven...
Shaker and Associates - 6/30/2000
The plaintiff gave the defendant a five-year lease from February 1, 1994, through January 31, 1999, for commercial office space in an office building occupied by numerous tenants. The defendant alleges that once it took possession of...
Weisman v. Schiller - 6/30/2000
Plaintiff, Wendy Weisman, has appealed the dismissal with prejudice of her complaint seeking recovery for legal malpractice. On appeal, plaintiff argues that the trial court erred in finding that her claim was barred by the doctrine of...
Schal Bovis - 6/30/2000
This coverage dispute concerns an attempt by three insurers to recover from two non-paying insurers money paid to settle a judgment in an underlying personal injury action. The separate actions were consolidated in the circuit court,...
Suttle v. Lake Forest Hospital - 6/30/2000
OPINION MODIFIED UPON DENIAL OF REHEARING
This appeal concerns a medical malpractice action brought on behalf of plaintiff, Diana Suttle, a minor, by and through the Central Trust Bank. Therein, plaintiff sought recovery from...
Tsoukas v. Lapid - 6/30/2000
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County. Honorable Leonard R. Grazian, Judge Presiding.
Plaintiff, Kyriakos Tsoukas, appeals a jury verdict rendered in favor of Drs. Lapid, Stewart, Widger, Kornmesser and Shah and Lutheran...
Navistar International Transportation Corporation v. Industrial Commission - 6/30/2000
Claimant, Jorge Diaz, filed a claim pursuant to the Illinois Workers' Compensation Act (the Act) (820 ILCS 305/1 et seq.) (West 1996) seeking compensation for a low back injury sustained on August 14, 1990, while employed by Navistar...
Mabry v. The County of Cook - 6/30/2000
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County Honorable Richard B. Berland, Judge Presiding
Plaintiff, Donald Mabry, brought this medical malpractice action against defendants, County of Cook and Cook County Hospital, seeking...
Hojek v. Harkness - 6/30/2000
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County
Honorable William Taylor, Judge Presiding.
During jury deliberations in this personal injury case, the jury sent a question to the trial court asking: "Were medical expenses...
Trotter v. School District 218 - 6/30/2000
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County Honorable Arthur A. Sullivan, Judge Presiding.
Plaintiff, Elgia (Lee) Trotter, Jr., brought this wrongful death action against defendants, School District 218 (District 218) and Dale...
Grossman v. Gebarowski - 6/28/2000
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County.
Honorable John V. Virgilio, Judge Presiding.
Plaintiff Beverly Grossman, special administrator of the Estate of Barry Grossman (the decedent), appeals from an order of the...
Paz v. Edison - 6/27/2000
Plaintiff, Michael Paz, appeals from the jury's verdict in favor of defendant, Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd). We affirm.
Plaintiff was an employee of ComEd when he was injured on the job. On August 16, 1989, a large piece...
Suttle v. Lake Forest Hospital - 6/27/2000
OPINION MODIFIED UPON DENIAL OF REHEARING
This appeal concerns a medical malpractice action brought on behalf of plaintiff, Diana Suttle, a minor, by and through the Central Trust Bank. Therein, plaintiff sought recovery from...
Peterson v. Wallach - 6/26/2000
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County.
Honorable Philip L. Bronstein, Judge Presiding.
Ordinarily, an action for attorney malpractice must be brought "within two years from the time the person bringing the action...
Merritt v. Randall Painting Company - 6/22/2000
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY HONORABLE MICHAEL J. HOGAN, JUDGE PRESIDING.
The plaintiff, Andrienne Merritt, appeals from an order of the circuit court dismissing the instant action as time-barred. For the reasons...
Sherrod v. Ramaswamy - 6/20/2000
Plaintiff David Sherrod (Sherrod) appeals from the trial court's June 3, 1999, order dismissing count I of his complaint against defendants C.P. Ramaswamy, M.D., and Rajendra Shroff, M.D., with prejudice. The case continued against a...
Silverstein v. Brander - 6/20/2000
Not Released For Publication
MARTIN SILVERSTEIN, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. VICTORIA BRANDER, AND REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES (MARK STOLAR, AND NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, DEFENDANTS).
The...
Wiker v. Pieprzyca-Berkes - 6/20/2000
The plaintiff brought this tort action seeking compensation for injuries that she allegedly suffered as a result of an automobile collision. The plaintiff rejected an arbitration award and went to trial. At trial, the court denied the...
Daniels v. Industrial Commission - 6/19/2000
Claimant, Pervis Daniels, filed an application for adjustment of claim pursuant to the Workers' Compensation Act (Act) (820 ILCS 305/1 et seq. (West 1992)), alleging that while in the employ of respondent, Archibald Candy Company, he...
Evans v. General Motors Corporation - 6/19/2000
The plaintiff, Kelly Evans, a minor, by her mother and next friend, Patricia Evans Husted, appeals from the following orders of the circuit court of Du Page County: (1) the December 23, 1998, order dismissing the first two counts in...
Michigan Avenue National Bank v. County of Cook - 6/15/2000
March 16, 2000.
At issue in this appeal is whether defendants, a local public entity and its employees, are immune from liability under sections 6-105 and 6-106 of the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity...
McDonnell v. McPartlin - 6/15/2000
January 14, 2000.
The principal issue in this appeal is whether a defendant in a medical negligence case who asserts that a nonparty physician's conduct was the sole proximate cause of the plaintiff's injury (the so-called "empty...
Tornabene v. Paramedic Services of Illinois - 6/14/2000
Defendant appeals a substantial jury verdict for plaintiff. Plaintiff cross- appeals. We reverse and remand for a new trial because the jury received a nonpattern jury instruction on willful and wanton negligence that misstated the law...
Harris Trust & Savings Bank v. Abraham-Zwirn - 6/7/2000
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County. Honorable Leonard R. Grazian, Judge Presiding.
In this case the jury was asked to determine how and why a child became severely brain damaged and profoundly mentally retarded. The...
Kavonius v. Industrial Commission - 6/6/2000
On June 11, 1999, this court issued an opinion in Kavonius v. Industrial Comm'n, 305 Ill. App. 3d 705, 713 N.E.2d 158 (1999), dismissing employer Boise Cascade's (Boise) appeal of an order of the circuit court of Du Page County...
Ciccone v. Dominick's Finer Foods - 5/30/2000
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County Honorable Susan G. Fleming Judge Presiding.
Dominick's Finer Foods, Inc. (Dominick's), appeals from the trial court's dismissal of count I of Dominick's third-party contribution action...
Vega v. Gore - 5/24/2000
Defendant and garnishee, Valor Insurance Company (Valor), appeals the judgment of the circuit court of Winnebago County denying its cross- motion for summary judgment and granting the motion for summary judgment of plaintiff and...
KIMCO Corporation v. Murdoch - 5/23/2000
The plaintiff and the defendant made a contract for the plaintiff to perform janitorial services on a month-to-month basis at a building managed by the defendant. The defendant was acting as an agent for a limited partnership that...
Moomaw v. Mentor H/S - 5/22/2000
This cause was remanded to the circuit court of Champaign County after having been removed to the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. After remand to state court, Dr. James Kurley and Christie Clinic...
In Re K.H. - 5/22/2000
On November 23, 1999, the circuit court of McLean County entered a permanency order pursuant to section 2-28 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 (Act) (705 ILCS Ann. 405/2-28 (Smith-Hurd Supp. 2000)), changing the permanency goal for the...
Guerino v. Depot Place Partnership - 5/18/2000
Agenda 13-January 2000.
In this complicated multiparty litigation, fourth-party defendant Semmerling Fence and Supply, Inc. (Semmerling), claims that fourth-party plaintiff, The Concrete Doctor, Inc. (Concrete Doctor), cannot...
Jones v. Chicago HMO Ltd. - 5/18/2000
Agenda 15-November 1999.
This appeal asks whether a health maintenance organization (HMO) may be held liable for institutional negligence. We answer in the affirmative.
The plaintiff, Sheila Jones (Jones), individually and...
Buckholtz v. Macneal Hospital - 5/18/2000
This appeal is brought by plaintiff Natalie Buckholtz. It flows from her refusal to pay Dr. Ava Adams-Morris a court ordered deposition fee of $375 in an underlying wrongful death suit. After Francis Timons, plaintiff's attorney,...
Paige-Myatt v. Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center - 5/17/2000
Everyone seems to agree it took too long to serve the defendant hospital with the plaintiff's complaint. The plaintiff does not seriously criticize the trial court for dismissing her lawsuit for failure to exercise reasonable diligence...
Mellon v. Coffelt - 5/17/2000
This appeal arises out of the trial court's dismissal of the plaintiff's complaint challenging the constitutionality of section 2-- 1009A of the Code of Civil Procedure, which imposes a surcharge on the filing fee in civil litigation...
Schuler v. Mid-Central Cardiology - 5/15/2000
Carolyn Schuler (plaintiff) appeals a jury verdict in favor of Patrick Murphy, M.D. (Dr. Murphy), and his professional corporation, Mid-Central Cardiology (collectively referred to as defendants). Plaintiff brought this medical...
Popp v. O'Neil - 5/15/2000
The plaintiff, John Popp, Jr., appeals from the May 20, 1999, order of the circuit court of Kane County dismissing his complaint with prejudice pursuant to section 2--619(a)(9) of the Code of Civil Procedure (the Code) (735 ILCS...
DiFiore v. Retirement board of The Policemen's Annuity - 5/12/2000
Following a hearing, defendant, the Retirement Board of the Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of the City of Chicago (Board), ruled that plaintiff Ralph DiFiore forfeited his pension benefits under the Illinois Pension Code (Code)....
Donaldson v. Central Illinois Public Service Company - 5/10/2000
Mark M. Joy, Honorable Judge, presiding.
JUSTICE KUEHN delivered the opinion of the court:
Four Taylorville, Illinois, families filed suit seeking compensatory and punitive damages for negligence and nuisance from Central...
Lowe v. Ford Motor Company - 5/8/2000
(Crystal Lake Tire and Battery, Inc., an Illinois Corporation, Respondent in Discovery).
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County Honorable Michael J. Hogan, Judge Presiding.
delivered the opinion of the court: ...
Stokes v. Colonial Penn Insurance Co. - 5/5/2000
Plaintiff, Joyce Rene Keene Stokes, appeals the judgment of the circuit court of Lake County granting the motion of defendant, Colonial Penn Insurance Company, to dismiss plaintiff's complaint for declaratory judgment. We affirm. ...
Phelan v. Keiser - 3/24/2000
James and Betty Phelan were injured in an automobile accident on November 22, 1996, and filed a personal injury action on December 3, 1998. Defendant, Jeffrey Keiser, moved to dismiss the suit because it was filed 11 days after the...
Saxon Mortgage - 3/24/2000
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County.
Honorable Lee Preston, Judge Presiding.
Plaintiff Saxon Mortgage, Inc. (Saxon), appeals from the circuit court's order granting defendant United Financial Mortgage,...
Green v. Safeco Life Insurance Company - 3/24/2000
The issue presented to this court is whether the circuit court of Hamilton County erred in approving a request by petitioner, Christopher Green, pursuant to section 155.34 of the Illinois Insurance Code (215 ILCS 5/155.34(b) (West...
Vojas v. K Mart Corp. - 3/24/2000
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
Plaintiff Mary V. Vojas filed a complaint against K mart Corporation (K mart), alleging that she slipped and fell in the K mart retail premises in Collinsville, Illinois, on May 5,...
Poulos v. Lutheran Social Services of Illinois - 3/24/2000
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County.
Honorable Richard E. Neville, Judge Presiding.
In 1993, plaintiff Steve Poulos brought suit against defendants Nancy Golden and Lutheran Social Services of Illinois, Inc., a...
In re Twohey - 3/23/2000
Agenda 23-September 1999.
JUSTICE BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court:
The Administrator of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (Administrator) filed a complaint with the Hearing Board charging...
McMath v. Katholi - 3/23/2000
Agenda 15-January 2000.
CHIEF JUSTICE HARRISON delivered the opinion of the court:
In February 1994, plaintiff, Carolyn McMath, filed a medical malpractice action against defendant, Dr. Richard E. Katholi, to recover...
Skolnick v. Altheimer & Gray - 3/23/2000
Agenda 18-November 1999.
JUSTICE McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:
After plaintiffs Kenneth and Julia Skolnick filed a multicount complaint in the circuit court of Cook County against defendants Terry Robin...
Smith v. AllState Insurance Company - 3/17/2000
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY. HONORABLE ALBERT GREEN, JUDGE PRESIDING.
MODIFIED ON DENIAL OF REHEARING
Plaintiff Larry Smith appeals an order of the circuit court of Cook County granting summary judgment in...
Douglas v. Allied American Insurance - 3/16/2000
Plaintiff, Catherine Douglas, assignee of Patricia Cowsert, appeals from an order of the Circuit Court of Madison County granting summary judgment in favor of defendant, Allied American Insurance Company, also known as Gallant...
Smith v. Silver Cross Hospital - 3/10/2000
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County. Honorable Michael J. Hogan, Judge Presiding.
Defendant Silver Cross Hospital (SCH) appeals from the order of the circuit court of Cook County denying its motions for change of venue...
Donaldson v. Central Illinois Public Service Company - 3/9/2000
Four Taylorville, Illinois, families filed suit seeking compensatory and punitive damages for negligence and nuisance from Central Illinois Public Service Company (CIPS), Hanson Engineers, Inc. (Hanson), Parsons Engineering Science,...
Taylor v. American Family Insurance Group - 3/3/2000
This appeal arises out of a dispute between defendant American Family Insurance Group (American Family), as subrogee, and its insureds, Emma Taylor and Billy Taylor, and the Taylors' attorney, Rhonda D. Fiss, plaintiffs herein. The...
Rodgers-Orduno v. Cecil-Genter - 3/1/2000
The plaintiff, Julie A. Rodgers-Orduno (the plaintiff), filed this negligence action against the defendant, Jennifer R. Cecil-Genter (Genter), on January 11, 1995, to recover for personal injuries she sustained in an automobile...
Booker v. Lal - 3/1/2000
This is a variation on the "rich old bachelor" scenario that turns up in law school estates courses. If a rich old Illinois bachelor dies without a will, our Probate Act tells the probate court how to distribute his estate. Because the...
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