Case law

People v. Williamson

241 N.E.3d 1061 · Appellate Court of Illinois · May 9, 2024

To establish that the programs qualified as full time, defendant was required to show that he enrolled in the number of hours that was determined by an assessment and identified in his program contract for … to the IDOC may be awarded credit for qualifying county programming.

AR Ex Rel. MR v. Chicago Bd. of Educ.

311 Ill. App. 3d 29 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Dec 27, 1999

Section 4-102 provides, in pertinent part: "Neither a local public entity nor a local employee is liable for failure to establish *11 a police department or otherwise provide police protection service or, if police protection … The conduct complained of in the present action clearly falls within the ambit of disciplinary conduct contemplated under section 34-84(a).

VanHorn v. Stautz

297 Ill. 530 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 21, 1921

The plaintiff said he wanted immune hogs and did not say he wanted nothing but healthy hogs, and Hollis said he would furnish vaccinated or immune hogs. … In reversing a judgment for the plaintiff for the giving of this instruction it was said: “The instruction was clearly erroneous.

Armstrong v. Corn Belt Bank

55 B.R. 755 · District Court, C.D. Illinois · Dec 11, 1985

Armstrong a non-farmer, thereby qualifying him for involuntary bankruptcy provisions, and the second (issued some 2 years later) finding him a Chapter 7 debtor subject to involuntary bankruptcy. … Armstrong was not generally paying his debts as they became due was clearly erroneous.

Willis v. Khatkhate

Appellate Court of Illinois · Apr 27, 2007

Tort Immunity Act. … Plaintiff contends that this establishes a negligent treatment scenario, which is not immunized as stated under subsections 6-106(b), (c), and (d) of the Tort Immunity Act. 745 ILCS 10/6-106(b), (c), (d) (West 1998).

A.R. v. Chicago Bd. of Ed.

Appellate Court of Illinois · Dec 27, 1999

Section 4-102 provides, in pertinent part: "Neither a local public entity nor a local employee is liable for failure to establish a police department or otherwise provide police protection service or, if police protection … The conduct complained of in the present action clearly falls within the ambit of disciplinary conduct contemplated under section 34-84(a).

Draghi v. County of Cook

985 F. Supp. 747 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Nov 12, 1997

But as the Facts section has reflected, Draghi is clearly wrong in all events in attempting to advance two of his Section 1983 claims, those under AC Counts I and IV. … To turn to Draghi’s state law claims, defendants challenge two of those three— SAC Counts VI and VIII, each of which sounds in tort—as barred by the one-year limitations period established by the Illinois Tort Immunity Act

Conyers v. City of Chicago

162 F. Supp. 3d 737 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Feb 10, 2016

City of Evanston, No. 14 C 8347, 2016 WL 344533 , at *3 (Black’s language “tracks the immunity established by § 10/2-201, not § 10/4-103”). … distinction between these immunity provisions.

People v. Acosta

2026 IL App (2d) 240364 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Mar 30, 2026

“As a rule, qualified physicians must verify whether explanations given for physical injuries are plausible.” Id. § 300.50(f)(3)(B). Defendant was also clearly required to obtain a second medical opinion because Dr. … - 38 - ¶ 109 The difficulty of child protective work is also tacitly acknowledged by the applicability of qualified statutory immunity from both civil liability and criminal

Staelens v. Yake

432 F. Supp. 834 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · May 6, 1977

The *837 immunity of judges for acts within their judicial discretion is well established; this rule was not abolished by the enactment of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 . Pierson v. … “[I]t has been frequently stated that allegations of conspiracy between private persons and public officials who are themselves immune from liability under the facts alleged are insufficient to establish liability of the

Clifton ELY-EL N-18287 v. Godinez

8 F. Supp. 2d 776 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Jun 3, 1998

It does however support the alternatively dispositive claims of qualified immunity advanced by all defendants: Even if the short step from the Thomas facts to Ely-El’s precise situation were somehow viewed as calling for … established” at the time that defendants acted (see Anderson v.

Godair v. Metro East Sanitary District

2021 IL App (5th) 200160 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Mar 17, 2021

Immunity Act) (745 ILCS 10/1-101 et seq. … We find that the plaintiff has failed to establish that the district owed her a duty.

Doe v. Illinois Masonic Medical Center

Appellate Court of Illinois · Jun 1, 1998

Furthermore, that federal law mandates the establishment of an IRB in this experimental type of medical study does not negate the IRB's status as a hospital committee. … The IRB here qualifies as the type of committee covered by the Act.

Ward v. Community Unit School District No. 220

213 Ill. App. 3d 1008 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Apr 23, 1991

” are immune. … It is well-established that a landowner is not liable to uninvited visitors for injuries resulting from open and obvious dangers on the premises.

Hoedebecke v. The City of Springfield

District Court, C.D. Illinois · Sep 1, 2022

But where the law was clearly established, both qualified immunity questions must be addressed. Id. i. … The “clearly established” prong of the qualified immunity inquiry is easily met for Plaintiff’s § 1983 false arrest claim.

Mueller v. Community Consolidated School District 54

Appellate Court of Illinois · Mar 24, 1997

Employees Tort Immunity Act (Tort Immunity Act). 745 ILCS 10/2-103, 2-104, 2-109, 2-201 (West 1994). … to dismiss established that the asserted defense is unfounded.

Barnes

District Court, N.D. Illinois · Mar 31, 2026

entitled to qualified immunity. … The controversial (although well-established) doctrine of qualified immunity “shields government officials from civil liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory

O'BRIEN v. City of Chicago

285 Ill. App. 3d 864 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Dec 20, 1996

Counts VI and VII alleged the City owed plaintiffs a duty to install median barriers under sections 3 — 102(a) and 3 — 103(a) of the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act (Tort Immunity Act). 745 … The construction qualifies as an improvement and, under section 13 — 214(b), any suits regarding that construction must be initiated within 10 years.

Krueger v. Lewis

Appellate Court of Illinois · Aug 4, 2005

Defendant charged that plaintiff, “in her capacity as a Village Trustee, * * * had accepted a bribe to establish a [tax increment financing] district in the Village of Lyons, and that [p]laintiff was pocketing money from … Accordingly, we reject plaintiff’s argument that a witness must be under oath to qualify for this privilege.

Varela v. St. Elizabeth's Hospital of Chicago, Inc.

372 Ill. App. 3d 714 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Aug 7, 2006

The trial court found, however, that the school board was immunized from liability for its employee’s misconduct in part by section 2—201 of the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act (745 ILCS 10 … /2—201 (West 2000) (Tort Immunity Act)) and dismissed the complaint.