When Governor Bruce Rauner signed a new law decriminalizing marijuana possession Friday, Illinois became the 17th state to consider small possession a civil matter subject to a citation and a fine rather than a criminal offense.If you’re caught carrying more …
When the Insurance Industry Covets Our Rights – HuffPo
Must read article from Joanne Doroshow Center for Justice and Democracy at New York Law School In 1995, a part-time actuary for the Alabama Insurance Department achieved what the insurance industry had been trying to accomplish in state legislatures nationwide for …
Myth Busting: Medical Malpractice Claims
Appeals panel: Dad can press lawsuit vs NIU fraternity over son’s hazing death
An Illinois appeals court will allow a father whose son died after drinking too much alcohol during a fraternity’s initiation ritual, to resume his lawsuit against the Northern Illinois University fraternity, saying a Cook County judge erred in dismissing the …
Dow Chemical Says Scalia’s Death Doomed Class-Action Challenge
The impact of Justice Antonin Scalia’s death is already being felt in major business litigation with news Friday that Dow Chemical is settling an antitrust class-action lawsuit in part because the company lost a likely ally on the high court. Dow …
The Flint Water Crisis: Finding a Loophole in Sovereign Immunity
Federal and state governments and employees engaged in their official duties are shielded from most private lawsuits by a legal doctrine known as sovereign immunity. The doctrine stems from the centuries-old principle that the government itself cannot commit a legal …
Do Red Light Cameras Save Lives?
http://abc7chicago.com/video/embed/?pid=1169614 A Daily Herald analysis of 52 intersections across 29 suburbs shows. After cameras were installed, crashes involving injuries stayed the same or increased at nearly half the intersections where that data was reported. Crashes considered hazardous increased at nearly …
Truamatic Brain Injuries: Penn Team Furthers Understanding of How Concussion Can Cause Permanent Injury
Concussions are all too common in professional and college football. Doctors are now a step closer to understanding how concussions cause traumatic brain injuries and permanent damage to the brain. A University of Pennsylvania team has developed a new …
Using a Dead Deponent’s Discovery Deposition at Trial
Illinois, unlike many states, uses two types of depositions. The discovery deposition, as its name suggests, is for the purposes of aiding in the discovery process and is a less rigid than a traditional deposition. The evidence deposition adheres to …