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385 Ill. App. 3d 316 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Sep 17, 2008
On cross-examination, Harris testified that he was granted immunity for his testimony at trial. … He agreed that he refused to testify in this case and that he was offered immunity by the State for his testimony. He also agreed that he again refused to testify even after he was offered immunity.
Cited 5 timesPublished467 Ill. Dec. 306 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Mar 6, 2023
It is plaintiffs’ burden to show that the bonuses at issue qualify as such and do not fall under any other exclusion. … However, Richard’s affidavit clearly states that incentive payments were used to calculate the adjustment payment.
Cited 5 timesPublishedLawbaugh v. Board of Education
66 Ill. App. 159 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Jun 19, 1896
answer then sets forth a resolution of the State •Board of Health, of JSTovember 22, 1891, that before being admitted into any public school every child must present his •or her teacher a certificate signed by ¿legally qualified … This being the well known character of the dreadful disease, we think the safer view is that a regulation looking to safety and immunity, before it makes its appearance, should not be regarded as an unreasonable one.
Cited 0 timesPublishedAppellate Court of Illinois · Oct 27, 2003
This was established by a lease executed in 1995 and the purchase of a computer in 1995 which was paid by Domestic [ZDI] and International [ZII]. … The evidence established that Domestic and International had no payroll in 1994. The employment agreement did not commence until January 1, 1995. Mr.
Cited 0 timesPublishedAppellate Court of Illinois · Aug 22, 2001
Once a defendant has established a qualified privilege, a communication is actionable only if the plaintiff can show the defendant abused the privilege. Vickers , 308 Ill. App. 3d at 404 . … Additional evidence established that only the legal department was consulted on this particular matter.
Cited 0 timesPublishedInsurance Co. of North America v. Krigos
196 Ill. App. 3d 200 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Mar 6, 1990
Krigos’ policy clearly and unambiguously excluded coverage for negligent entrustment. … Krigos’ policy clearly and unambiguously excluded negligent entrustment, and the trial court properly denied coverage.
Cited 4 timesPublished72 Ill. App. 3d 445 · Appellate Court of Illinois · May 2, 1979
The question was held to be proper as bearing on whether his testimony was biased because possibly given under a promise or expectation of immunity or under the coercive effect of his detention by such authorities. … The supreme court held that the question propounded on cross-examination pertaining to the prior conviction was improper but not reversible error, since the record on appeal clearly established the defendant’s guilt. 10 Similarly
Cited 45 timesPublished84 Ill. App. 171 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Sep 5, 1899
* * this policy shall become null and void,” * * * would clearly constitute a warranty, and this case would fall in the class with Covenant Mutual v. … The burden of proof to establish insanity is, in such cases, upon the plaintiff, by whom it is alleged. 1 Dillon’s Circuit Court ¡Reports, 403.
Cited 5 timesPublishedQuality Saw and Seal v. Illinois Commerce Commission
Appellate Court of Illinois · Jun 27, 2007
Section 2.3 does not specify a threshold amount of material to be "moved, removed, or otherwise displaced" for it to qualify as excavation. … Also, Quality Saw does not attempt to establish the ambiguity of section 2.3 before resorting to regulations, foreign statutes, and cases as interpretive aids.
Cited 0 timesPublishedHaaayy, LLC v. Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation
2024 IL App (1st) 221833 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Sep 26, 2024
Finally, the amendment established two additional lotteries—the “Qualifying Applicant Lottery” and the “Social Equity Justice Involved Lottery”—and authorized the Department to award 55 additional Licenses under each of … As discussed, in amending the Act, the General Assembly established two additional License lotteries: the Qualifying Applicant Lottery and the Social Equity Justice Involved Lottery.
Cited 1 timesPublishedGreat American Insurance v. West Bend Mutual Insurance
311 Ill. App. 3d 534 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Jan 11, 2000
The case does not stand for the proposition stated, which is contrary to established law. … The insurance policy here has no provision clearly excluding coverage for violations of the Act or other statutory torts, although West Bend easily could have modified its policy so to provide.
Cited 8 timesPublished258 Ill. App. 3d 645 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Dec 30, 1993
The record shows that this case is vastly different from the Hovanec case cited by defendant, where the prosecutor repeatedly asked clearly objectionable questions to which the court had already sustained objections. … However, that is not the standard by which a witness is qualified as an expert.
Cited 25 timesPublished245 Ill. App. 3d 1042 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Jun 10, 1993
While caseworkers from OSG testified about the type and dosage of psychotropic drugs currently prescribed for the wards, the court found that the caseworkers were not qualified to establish whether the purpose was therapeutic … Stat. 1991, ch. llOVa, par. 11a — 17(d)), contends that Hlinois law and public policy “clearly favor” decision making on matters of health care without judicial intervention.
Cited 10 timesPublishedAppellate Court of Illinois · Dec 4, 1998
The court also conditionally granted the City a JNOV on immunity grounds but denied its motion for judgment on another special interrogatory and its conditional motion for a new trial. … Restatement (Second) §229(1) and Comment a, at 506. 8: The City admits in its brief to this Court that the fact that the City disciplines officers for failing to safeguard their weapons was established at trial and was never
Cited 0 timesPublishedWader v. Macon County, Illinois and Illinois Dept. of Transportation
2025 IL App (5th) 240852-U · Appellate Court of Illinois · Oct 17, 2025
The dissent’s assertions are both incredible and concerning because the issues were clearly addressed in the briefs on appeal. … Clearly, this “allegation” is a legal conclusion as it contains no factual information to support the conclusion.
Cited 0 timesUnpublished978 N.E.2d 1086 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Oct 16, 2012
As noted above, disabled firefighters who do not qualify for benefits pursuant to the Act may qualify for continuation of coverage pursuant to section 367f of the Illinois Insurance Code, the firemen’ … The Act-qualified employee is therefore put in the position he would have been in had he not been injured.
Cited 8 timesPublishedUlm v. Memorial Medical Center
2011 IL App (4th) 110421 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Jan 6, 2012
To qualify as a clear mandate of public policy, “a matter must strike at the heart of a citizen’s social rights, duties, and responsibilities.” (Internal quotation marks omitted.) … Illinois Rule of Evidence 902(11) defines a qualifying certification with respect to a domestic record, in part, as “a written declaration under oath subject to the penalty of perjury.”
Cited 0 timesPublished58 Ill. App. 2d 364 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Apr 26, 1965
The constitutional guarantees against search and seizure are not against all searches and seizures but only against those that are unreasonable and do not extend immunity from search upon lawful arrest. People v. … No other witnesses were called, and we cannot say that the court’s judgment, in denying the motion to suppress, rested on doubtful, improbable or unsatisfactory evidence, or clearly insufficient evidence.
Cited 7 timesPublishedPeople Ex Rel. Highsmith v. County of Jefferson
87 Ill. App. 2d 145 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Sep 2, 1967
District Court was unenforceable because on the date on which plaintiff’s claim arose, December 24, 1958, the county had governmental immunity, that date being previous to the abolishment of the doctrine of governmental immunity … The situation in both Chicago Board of Education cases is clearly distinguishable from the case at hand.
Cited 8 timesPublished9 Ill. App. 3d 774 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Feb 14, 1973
She was then granted immunity. She then testified that she had not seen her assailant, because when she heard the word “gun” she put her head down to protect the child on her lap. … Mary Ward’s statements to the police and Doctor Keasling that defendant Gant was her assailant were clearly hearsay and inadmissible on the issue of defendant’s guilt.
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