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| | | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2014 March 20 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Kim Mitchell, the defendant in this case, is the debtor on a $75,400 promissory note secured by a mortgage on her home in Chicago. In 2009, approximately four years after she executed the note to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., its successor, BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP, became the plaintiff in this case by filing a complaint in the circuit court of Cook County to foreclose the mortgage. | | | | Date Created: | 03-20-2014 | | | | Agency ID: | 116311 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000069069 Original UID: 188217 FIRST WORD: BAC | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2015 October 22 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The sending of multiple unwanted faxes has caused enough trouble to be the subject of both state and federal legislation. In this 2010 Cook County putative class action, plaintiff Ballard RN Center complained of defendant Kohlls Pharmacys unsolicited sending of voluminous faxes selling flu shots. | | | | Date Created: | 10-22-2015 | | | | Agency ID: | 118644 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000070675 Original UID: 188974 FIRST WORD: Ballard | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2018 January 19 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District; heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Will County, the Hon.Thomas A. Thanas, Judge, presiding. | | | | Date Created: | 01-19-2018 | | | | Agency ID: | 121995 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000076329 Original UID: 191740 FIRST WORD: Bank | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2018 August 2 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | At issue in this appeal is whether sections 2-109 and 2-201 of the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act (Act) (745 ILCS 10/2-109, 2-201 (West 2012)), apply to a citys failure to repair a sidewalk defect. | | | | Date Created: | 08-02-2018 | | | | Agency ID: | 122486 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000072009 Original UID: 189999 FIRST WORD: BARBARA | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2018 August 2 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | At issue in this appeal is whether sections 2-109 and 2-201 of the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act (Act) (745 ILCS 10/2-109, 2-201 (West 2012)), apply to a citys failure to repair a sidewalk defect. The plaintiff in this case filed suit against the City of Danville. | | | | Date Created: | 08-02-2018 | | | | Agency ID: | 122486 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000076330 Original UID: 191741 FIRST WORD: BARBARA | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 March 24 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | JUSTICE FREEMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Thomas, Garman, Karmeier, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride specially concurred, with opinion. In 2008, this Cook County plaintiff booked a flight on American Airlines. It was cancelled. She did not rebook, but requested a refund of the ticket and of the $40 she had been charged to check her two bags. | | | | Date Created: | 03 24 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 110092 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000041634 Original UID: 21466 FIRST WORD: Barber | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 March 23 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Plaintiff, Evan Barr, filed suit in the circuit court of Cook County against defendants,Township High School District 211 (District) and Laurel Cunningham, for injuries he sustained during a physical education class at James B. Conant High School (Conant). The lawsuit advanced to a jury trial. | | | | Date Created: | 03-23-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 120751 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071942 Original UID: 189930 FIRST WORD: Barr | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2008 March 20 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Appellate citation: 371 Ill. App. 3d 498. JUSTICE KILBRIDE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Thomas and Justices Freeman, Fitzgerald, Garman, Karmeier, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion. This Sangamon County plaintiff had a home in Auburn, which was insured by State Farm and which was destroyed by fire in the summer of 2003. | | | | Date Created: | 03 20 2008 | | | | Agency ID: | 104378 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000036662 Original UID: 17755 FIRST WORD: Barth | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2014 February 21 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Employee Classification Act, which became effective in 2008, addresses the practice of misclassifying employees as independent contractors in the construction industry. In this case from Franklin County, the Illinois Supreme Court upheld the circuit courts rejection of a businesss facial challenge, on vagueness grounds, to the constitutionality of the Act. | | | | Date Created: | 02-21-2014 | | | | Agency ID: | 115152 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000069198 Original UID: 188196 FIRST WORD: Bartlow | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2016 September 22 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Where attorneys for a worker covered by the Workers Compensation Act (820 ILCS305/1 et seq. (West 2006)) bring a successful action against a third party to recover damagesfor personal injuries sustained by the worker in the course of his employment, thereby enablingthe workers employer to obtain reimbursement of the compensation benefits it is obligated topay under the Workers Compensation Act, the Act requires the employer to pay 25% of thegross amount it obtains in reimbursement as attorney fees, absent other agreement. | | | | Date Created: | 09-22-2016 | | | | Agency ID: | 119553 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071653 Original UID: 189638 FIRST WORD: Bayer | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2008 September 18 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Appellate citation: No. 4-06-0269 (unpublished order under Supreme Court Rule 23). JUSTICE KARMEIER delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Freeman, Thomas, Kilbride, and Garman concurred in the judgment and opinion. Chief Justice Fitzgerald and Justice Burke took no part in the decision. Reginald Beacham, an inmate in the Illinois correctional system, filed a complaint for an order of habeas corpus in 2004. The circuit court of Livingston County dismissed it, on the motion of the defendant Director of Corrections. In this decision, that dismissal was affirmed. | | | | Date Created: | 09 18 2008 | | | | Agency ID: | 104176 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000036397 Original UID: 17519 FIRST WORD: Beacham | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2019 February 7 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District; heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean County, the Hon. Richard L. Broch, Judge, presiding. | | | | Date Created: | 02-07-2019 | | | | Agency ID: | 122654 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000089411 Original UID: 200492 FIRST WORD: Beaman | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2009 May 21 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Appellate citation: 381 Ill. App. 3d 701. JUSTICE GARMAN delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Fitzgerald and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Kilbride, Karmeier, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion. | | | | Date Created: | 05 21 2009 | | | | Agency ID: | 106680 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000024960 Original UID: 12201 FIRST WORD: Beelman | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2016 December 1 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Plaintiff, Lynne Beggs, a tenured teacher, was dismissed for cause from her employmentby defendant, the Board of Education of Murphysboro Community Unit School District No.186 (the Board). | | | | Date Created: | 12-01-2016 | | | | Agency ID: | 120236 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071664 Original UID: 189649 FIRST WORD: Beggs | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2011 May 19 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Justice Karmier delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Garman, Burke, and Theis concurred in the judgment and opinion. This civil suit is before the supreme court pursuant to the dismissal of a complaint. No trial has occurred. In October of 2006, 18-year-old Daniel Bell was killed when he drove his vehicle into a tree in Deerfield. It was alleged that he was intoxicated. | | | | Date Created: | 05 19 2011 | | | | Agency ID: | 110724 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044798 Original UID: 24267 FIRST WORD: Bell | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2017 May 18 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In this appeal, the primary issue we are asked to consider is whether the Illinois High School Association (IHSA), which governs and coordinates interscholastic athletic competitions for public and private secondary schools in Illinois, is a public body as defined by the Freedom of Information Act. | | | | Date Created: | 05-18-2017 | | | | Agency ID: | 121124 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071947 Original UID: 189935 FIRST WORD: Better | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2014 December 18 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | On November 28, 2012, the North Mac Community Unit School District No. 34, Macoupin, Montgomery and Sangamon Counties, adopted a resolution declaring its intent to issue $2,000,000 in working cash bonds. Plaintiff Carolyn Bettis filed a petition with the school district seeking to submit this proposition to the voters at the upcoming April 9, 2013, election. | | | | Date Created: | 12-18-2014 | | | | Agency ID: | 117050 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000069142 Original UID: 188274 FIRST WORD: Bettis | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 March 25 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This action to recover damages for the tort of intentional interference with a testamentary expectancy was filed in the circuit court of Cook County. The decedent, Frank Dama, died in 2009. Plaintiff Colleen Bjork had been a hospice worker for decedents late wife, while the defendant, Frank OMeara, had been the decedents dentist. Neither is related to decedent. | | | | Date Created: | 01-25-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 114044 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000063738 Original UID: 182088 FIRST WORD: Bjork | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2016 December 1 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | A Cook County ordinance obligates county officers to cooperate with investigationsconducted by the Office of the Independent Inspector General (Inspector General) and tocomply with subpoenas issued by the Inspector General. | | | | Date Created: | 12-01-2016 | | | | Agency ID: | 120315 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071665 Original UID: 189650 FIRST WORD: Blanchard | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2016 August 18 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In this case we are called on to consider the continued viability and applicability of ourdecision in Hewitt v. Hewitt, 77 Ill. 2d 49 (1979), which held that Illinois public policy, as setforth in this States statutory prohibition against common-law marriage, precludes unmarriedcohabitants from bringing claims against one another to enforce mutual property rights wherethe rights asserted are rooted in a marriage-like relationship between the parties. | | | | Date Created: | 08-18-2016 | | | | Agency ID: | 118781 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000071646 Original UID: 189633 FIRST WORD: Blumenthal | |
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