A recent case from the Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District has outlined what anIllinois personal injury lawyer needs to do to defeat a defendant’s motion for summary judgment in product liability cases. The opinion, which contains an extensive synthesis of prior caselaw, also clarifies the standards that apply when the allegedly defective product that… Read More
Heparin Overdose Injury and Wrongful Death in Infants and Children
Perhaps no greater loss can be suffered in the human experience than that of a parent losing a child. That loss is immeasurably compounded when the death of an infant or young child was preventable, as when the child’s wrongful death as the result of medical malpractice. One area in which there is an emerging… Read More
New Jury Instructions Address Technology Concerns
Jury instructions are a recitation of the law applicable to a particular case — at the end of a trial, the jury is “instructed” as to the law, which the jury must follow in reaching a verdict. There are hundreds of “pattern” jury instructions published by the Illinois Supreme Court, and top-rated Chicago personal injury… Read More
Jury’s Right to Award Punitive Damages Hangs in the Balance
The Illinois Supreme Court is being asked to address an important question concerning an individual’s right to have a jury decide damages at trial. Specifically, the the Court will address whether it was proper for a lower court to reduce a jury’s award for punitive damages from $2 million to $81,600. Top Chicago personal injury… Read More
