Case law

Hall v. Gabbert

213 Ill. 208 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 22, 1904

The above quotation thus clearly points out the distinction between the cases where the status of a child is the question to be determined and the conflicting laws of descent in a given case. … Where the question is as to the right to take real estate in this State under our laws of descent, the fact that the claimant may be qualified to take, as heir, under the laws of another State or sovereignty of which he is

Jones v. Chicago HMO Ltd. of Illinois

191 Ill. 2d 278 · Illinois Supreme Court · May 18, 2000

Chicago HMO terminated that physician for failing to provide covered immunizations. At the time that Chicago HMO terminated that physician, Dr. … Although the expert was not a medical practitioner, he was highly qualified and familiar with radiation therapy in hospitals.

Williams v. Manchester

228 Ill. 2d 404 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 3, 2008

Although he stated that he could so qualify himself through personal research and consultation with radiology specialists, he did not plan to do so in this case. Dr. … In construing such a statute, a court will not presume that the legislature intended an innovation of the common law further than that which the statutory language specifies or clearly implies. Russell v.

Braun v. Retirement Board of the Firemen's Annuity & Benefit Fund

108 Ill. 2d 119 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jul 17, 1985

IO8V2, pars. 6 — 101 through 6 — 225) establishes and governs the Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago, the pension system for eligible members of the Chicago fire department. … Because all his unclassified appointments since 1972 have been of longer duration, Braun believes that they qualify as permanent appointments and therefore must supply the basis for computing his pension contributions and

People v. Williams

238 Ill. 2d 125 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jul 15, 2010

Pasch, we explained: “ ‘While the contents of reports relied upon by experts would clearly be inadmissible as hearsay if offered for the truth of the matter asserted, an expert may disclose the underlying facts and conclusions … Additionally, documents prepared in the regular course of equipment maintenance may well qualify as nontestimonial records.” (Emphasis omitted.) Melendez-Diaz, 557 U.S. at_n.l, 174 L. Ed. 2d at 322 n.l, 129 S.

Rhodes v. Illinois Central Gulf Railroad

172 Ill. 2d 213 · Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 28, 1996

Beverly Bank is clearly distinguishable on its facts from this case. Here, there is no claim that ICG caused an injury to Carl, only that it failed to rescue him from a preexisting injury. … It is well established that, in an appeal from a jury verdict, a reviewing court may not simply reweigh the evidence and substitute its judgment for that of the jury. Doser v.

People v. Kidd

175 Ill. 2d 1 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 19, 1996

On appeal, the defendant renews his contention that the witness was not qualified to provide an assessment of his personality. We do not consider here whether Mrs. … We believe the evidence in this case was sufficient to establish the defendant’s guilt for armed robbery.

People v. Housby

84 Ill. 2d 415 · Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 31, 1981

The analysis provided by past Illinois decisions clearly does not satisfy the County Court test. … Koch testified under an immunity grant that a few days before the delivery he had asked Wasilewski to get him such a mower at a good price. On the night of the delivery Wasilewski called him twice.

People v. Castree

311 Ill. 392 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 19, 1924

The objection was to receiving in evidence certain private papers, and it was not made in an attempt to resist the unlawful seizure of the private papers but arose only upon objection to the introduction of testimony clearly … competent as tending to establish the guilt of the defendant.

People v. Ward

101 Ill. 2d 443 · Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 23, 1984

The court sustained the prosecution’s objection to the proposed testimony as irrelevant and ruled, too, that she was not qualified as an expert witness. … The medical testimony established that considerable force was used in the beating because bruises were found in the chest muscles and on the lungs, both protected by the chest cavity, and on the brain, protected by the skull

People v. Marci

Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 29, 1998

The Defendant was clearly over the age of eighteen. … Either one of which qualifies the Defendant for the death penalty. ” (Emphasis added.) Adams , 109 Ill. 2d at 127-28 .

The PEOPLE v. Nuccio

43 Ill. 2d 375 · Illinois Supreme Court · Nov 26, 1969

Delno, 35 Ill.2d 159, 162 , the court’s statement of the presumption that the judge considers only competent evidence was qualified by the phrase “Where guilt is otherwise manifestly shown”, and the improper evidence in that … But there are, it seems to us, limits to the immunity to improper and prejudicial insinuations which judges are presumed to possess.

Village of Carpentersville v. Pollution Control Board

135 Ill. 2d 463 · Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 29, 1990

We note that there are no words qualifying the phrase “unit of government.” … Such abrogation is clearly beyond the power of a government agency. (Brubaker, 652 P.2d at 1057; see also Carlson v. Village of Worth (1975), 62 Ill. 2d 406, 410 .)

People v. Krauser

315 Ill. 485 · Illinois Supreme Court · Feb 17, 1925

Singer and Krohn, each of whom was qualified by long training and wide experience as an expert in nervous and mental diseases, testified. … The punishment cannot be “established beyond a reasonable doubt.”

O'Connell v. County of Cook

2022 IL 127527 · Illinois Supreme Court · May 19, 2022

¶ 23 Article 9 of the Pension Code (40 ILCS 5/art. 9 (West 1998)) establishes a pension system for County employees, initiates the Benefit Fund, and establishes the Board. … The Board argues that article 9 clearly provides the ordinary disability benefit only for a current employee (id.

Project44, Inc. v. FourKites, Inc.

2024 IL 129227 · Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 21, 2024

A complaint should not be dismissed pursuant to section 2-615 unless it is clearly apparent that no set of facts can be proved that would entitle the plaintiff to recovery. Id. … Qualified privilege remains a defense against a defamation action. See Dent, 2022 IL 126795, ¶ 30.

Dacey v. People

116 Ill. 555 · Illinois Supreme Court · Mar 25, 1886

Who would be so well qualified to testify to his condition during the ten years prior to 1879, as the man who had lived in the same house with him continuously for the whole of that period, who had watched with him at night … Where the result reached by a judgment is clearly right, it will never be reversed for errors which do not affect the substantial merits of the ease.” In Dunn v.

People v. Stewart

104 Ill. 2d 463 · Illinois Supreme Court · Oct 19, 1984

2) Appointment of experts qualified to assist a defendant who because of a disability is unable to understand the proceedings or communicate with his or her attorney. ***.” … These provisions in article 104 clearly are not related to the needs of an accused who simply is non-English-speaking.

People v. Fort

2017 IL 118966 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 17, 2018

Therefore, the offense of second degree murder did not qualify as an “other charge[ ] arising out of the same incident” as the charged offenses. 705 ILCS 405/5-130(1)(a) (West 2008). … To the contrary, he quite clearly was.

Van Horne v. Muller

Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 3, 1998

A cause of action should not be dismissed on the pleadings unless it clearly appears that no set of facts can be proved under the pleadings which will entitle the plaintiff to recover. McGrath v. … A statement need not state the commission of a crime with the particularity of an indictment to qualify as defamatory per se . Kirchner v. Greene , 294 Ill. App. 3d 672, 680 (1998).