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241 Ill. App. 3d 228 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Feb 11, 1993
Defendant argues there is no showing on the record that Fitch had the experience or training necessary to qualify him as an expert. … Finally, the opinion was clearly helpful to an understanding of his own testimony and that of R.M.B. We find no error in allowing the jury to hear Detective Fitch’s opinion.
Cited 19 timesPublished767 F. Supp. 2d 933 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Feb 28, 2011
“To qualify as an employee benefit plan under ERISA ... and to qualify for preferred tax status ..., a plan must be created for the exclusive benefit of participating employees and also be structured to distribute benefits … Clearly, if the ESOP’s holdings in employer securities are worthless, the employees have lost certain of these deferred wages.” Valley Nat.
Cited 7 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 timesPublishedCarroll v. Commonwealth Edison Co.
147 Ill. App. 3d 909 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Sep 22, 1986
Carroll’s deposition testimony, as well as the photographs of the shed, clearly reveal the contrary. … Thus, the evidence established the power lines were not hidden from view.
Cited 11 timesPublished535 F. Supp. 455 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Mar 1, 1982
There is substantial disagreement over what standard of culpability plaintiff must allege and prove to establish that the municipality violated § 1983. … Clearly the internal decision made by OPS is not a judicial or other action entitled to a res judicata effect.
Disapproved by Craig S. Strauss v. City of Chicago, a Municipal Corporation, and Chicago Police Officer John Doe, 760 F.2d 765 (1985)Cited 41 timesPublished2019 IL 123926 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 24, 2020
Safarik testified that he also conducts “equivocal death evaluations” in cases where the “manner of death is not well established.” … ¶ 52 The applicable law is well established.
Cited 0 timesPublishedLeibovitch v. Syrian Arab Republic
25 F. Supp. 3d 1071 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Mar 31, 2014
Leibovitch I and Leibovitch II previously established that jurisdiction exists over Plaintiffs’ claims and that Iran’s immunity has been waived. Leibovitch I, 2011 WL 444762 , at *9; Leibovitch II, 697 F.3d at 562 . … See Oveissi II, 768 F.Supp.2d at 27 (grandparent qualified for solatium damages due to parent-child type of relationship with victim).
Cited 5 timesPublishedDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · Jun 4, 2024
that Gunnell violated a clearly established right. … But as Pursley explains, he disagrees with Gunnell’s dismissal because the Court found that he had failed to respond to the ISP defendants’ qualified immunity argument.
Cited 0 timesUnknown48 Ill. Ct. Cl. 376 · Court of Claims of Illinois · May 23, 1995
In affirming the trial courts dismissal of the suit, the appellate court held that the doctrine of sovereign immunity applied to bar a claim against the trooper in circuit court because the trooper had been performing one … While we express sympathy for plaintiff in this case, our duty is to adhere to our clearly established precedent.” (Sepmeyer v. Holman (1994), 162 Ill. 2d 249, 256 , 642 N.E.2d 1242, 1245 .)
Cited 0 timesPublished266 Ill. App. 3d 174 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Sep 2, 1994
A proponent of an expert witness must establish that the physician (1) is a licensed member of the school of medicine about which the physician will testify and (2) that the physician is familiar with procedures, treatments … physicians are qualified if they are familiar with that standard.
Overruled on other grounds by Holton v. Memorial Hospital, 176 Ill. 2d 95 (1997)Cited 38 timesPublishedWierenga v. Board of Fire & Police Commissioners
40 Ill. App. 3d 270 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Jun 8, 1976
Stat. 1971, ch. 24, par. 3 — 14—1), plaintiff was required to be a qualified elector of the municipality which he served as a fireman, and that Cicero was not authorized to enact an ordinance permitting its firemen to reside … Not only are the existence and legality of the 1928 rules questionable, or at least not clearly established by the record, but we cannot say that plaintiff was in noncompliance with these rules, if indeed they do apply.
Cited 9 timesPublishedBoard of Education of Gardner-South Wilmington High School District 73 v. Village of Gardner
2014 IL App (3d) 130364 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Jan 13, 2015
The agreement clearly grants the Village a mere 2 To the extent that section 11-74.4-8(b) requires that the license agreement needs to qualify as a redevelopment project cost to authorize the … Village’s payment of tax increment funds to the District, the license agreement clearly qualifies.
Cited 5 timesPublished221 Ill. App. 3d 1082 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Nov 15, 1991
Despite the fact that defendant presented some evidence that he was intoxicated and/or under the influence of drugs at the time of the offense, the bulk of the evidence clearly established that defendant was capable of acting … The amounts of the various intoxicants that Valentine actually consumed were not established.
Cited 9 timesPublishedAetitus v. Spring Valley Coal Co.
246 Ill. 32 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jun 29, 1910
If it were necessary to show an evil intent or any blamable conduct to establish the willfulness contemplated by this statute then there would be more force in this contention. … The intent and purpose of this statute is to require the mine owner to provide a light at the bottom of the shaft of sufficient capacity to enable any person approaching the bottom to clearly discern the cage and the objects
Cited 27 timesPublished263 Ill. App. 3d 238 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Jun 14, 1994
Unless a prior inconsistent statement clearly qualifies under section 115 — 10.1, it is not admissible as substantive evidence. People v. Redd (1990), 135 Ill. 2d 252, 314 . … Some qualified under section 115 — 10.1 as substantive evidence, and others did not.
Cited 54 timesPublishedLawrence E. Jaffe Pension Plan v. Household International, Inc.
237 F.R.D. 176 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Jul 6, 2006
Plaintiffs are correct that documents created in the ordinary course of business do not qualify for protection. … immunity.
Cited 9 timesPublishedDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · Aug 20, 2025
In Klaassen, the Seventh Circuit explained that plaintiffs who qualified for Indiana University’s religious exemption for the COVID-19 vaccination did not establish a justiciable controversy. 7 F.4th at 593.8 … Illinois Tort Immunity Act The City also contends that the Illinois Tort Immunity Act, 745 Ill. Comp. Stat. 10/2-101, et. seq, bars Morris’s claims.
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · Sep 30, 2023
Plaintiffs’ claims are not clearly barred by the Illinois Tort Immunity Act or the Illinois School Code. … Additionally, Plaintiffs’ claims are not clearly barred by the Illinois Tort Immunity Act or the Illinois School Code.
Cited 0 timesUnknownDistrict Court, C.D. Illinois · Sep 30, 2021
’s clearly established constitutional rights. … “Qualified immunity shields a government official from liability for damages when the official’s conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known
Cited 0 timesUnknown828 F. Supp. 543 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Jul 2, 1993
Based on this information, plaintiffs claim that at least 1,800 employees qualify as class members. … Plaintiffs do not, and clearly cannot, make such allegations.
Cited 64 timesPublished
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