Case law

Rouse v. Judges of Circuit Court of Cook County

609 F. Supp. 243 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · May 21, 1985

The C.B.A. clearly performs many functions in screening and recommending candidates for judicial office solely as a private association. … The ballot contains the names of two qualified candidates for each available position. Ill.Rev.Stat. ch. 110A, § 39.

Show v. Ford Motor Co.

697 F. Supp. 2d 975 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Mar 17, 2010

The subject of stability systems in vehicle design and manufacture is clearly a complex, technical matter and goes well beyond the knowledge of an average juror. … A lay jury will thus require the aid of a qualified expert to understand what defect in the Explorer could have caused it to roll over in the circumstances alleged here.

Brown v. Massanari

167 F. Supp. 2d 1015 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Oct 15, 2001

Therefore, this Court erred in its March 29, 2001 Opinion, when it applied standards applicable to Supplemental Security Income (SSI)j and held that Plaintiff had to establish a current disability in order to qualify for … The ALJ was clearly considering these limitations only in terms of any present or future employment of Plaintiff.

People v. Jones

2016 IL 119391 · Illinois Supreme Court · Jan 26, 2017

establish that he had been adjudicated delinquent of residential burglary. … Although defendant points out that prior to trial he denied having a prior adjudication for residential burglary, he clearly abandoned that claim at sentencing.

Smith ex rel. Smith v. Meeks

225 F. Supp. 3d 696 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Dec 5, 2016

A child with ADHD may qualify as a child with a disability 3 who is eligible to receive an IEP, if his condition adversely affects his educational performance from an academic standpoint. See generally A.J. v. … Nevertheless, she concluded that G.C.’s father clearly had educational decision-making authority because he had custody of G.C.

Mattuck v. DaimlerChrysler

Appellate Court of Illinois · Jun 30, 2006

A verdict is against the manifest weight of the evidence where the opposite conclusion is clearly evident or where the findings of the jury are unreasonable, arbitrary and not based upon the evidence. Redmond v. … The testimony established that plaintiff had the vehicle serviced no less than six times and that the steering wheel shook violently when he applied the brakes.

Beggs v. Griffith

393 Ill. App. 3d 1050 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Aug 25, 2009

App. 3d at 535 , 694 N.E.2d at 585-86 ), we conclude that Griffith qualified as an “owner” under the Act. … At the time of the accident, Melody was clearly an innocent bystander.

Dady v. Condit

209 Ill. 488 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 20, 1904

As a result of these conditions the evidence clearly shows there was a great demand for land adjacent to and surrounding Waukegan for subdivision and lot purposes, and the cash market value of said lands was greatly enhanced … contains the expression, “if the jury believe, from the evidence, that certain improvements were expected in and about Waukegan on August 1, 1891,” etc., and it is objected that in this instruction the word “expected” is not qualified

Everly v. Chicago Police Board

119 Ill. App. 3d 631 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Nov 23, 1983

The decision of the Board should not be set aside by a reviewing court unless the opposite conclusion is clearly evident. … Therefore, we hold that Everly established no conflict of interest by the corporation counsel.

Craig v. Central National Life Insurance

16 Ill. App. 2d 344 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Mar 10, 1958

No rule is more firmly established than that pertaining to the construction of insurance policies in which an ambiguity is found to exist. … The defendant insists that the language used in Part II of the policy is not of doubtful meaning and clearly indicates that it was the intention of the parties to thereby exclude liability of plaintiff for hospital expenses

People v. Lucas

132 Ill. 2d 399 · Illinois Supreme Court · Dec 21, 1989

Carol Newman, a nurse employed with the Vermilion County health department, testified that on January 28, 1986, Shelly Carrigan and the defendant brought Danny in for DPT and polio immunizations. … Clearly, the photographs in question may be perceived as gruesome.

Frigo v. Silver Cross Hosp. and Medical Center

377 Ill. App. 3d 43 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Sep 20, 2007

Kirchner was qualified for category II privileges through a grandfather clause. Pawlak testified that there was no grandfather clause in the rules. … (West 2000)) does not immunize Silver Cross against plaintiff's claims based upon the hospital's credentialing decisions.

Sobczak v. General Motors Corp.

Appellate Court of Illinois · May 23, 2007

Parameters are established for the operation of the muffler, which is a pass-through vessel. … Further, Sobczak urges, Colver would have established the proximate cause of the fire.

In re Stephen K.

Appellate Court of Illinois · Apr 13, 2007

The mother, Kathy K., contends that: (1) the State failed to establish S. … Moreover, the record below clearly establishes that evidence of S.K.’s post-foster-care hospitalization already came into evidence 33 Nos. 1-06-2135 & 1-06-2061 cons.

Bradley v. Dennison

District Court, S.D. Illinois · Mar 31, 2021

Whether All Defendants are Entitled to Qualified Immunity Government officials performing discretionary functions are shielded from liability for civil damages if their conduct does not violate clearly … clearly established at the time of the violation.

Village of Franklin Park v. Sardo

2020 IL App (1st) 191161 · Appellate Court of Illinois · Apr 8, 2021

Id. ¶ 25 Finally, we examine mixed questions of law and fact under the intermediate, clearly erroneous standard. … In short, Miller’s inability to establish that an act of duty aggravated his PTSD precluded him from eligibility for a line-of-duty pension.

Arnold v. Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc.

215 F. Supp. 2d 951 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Aug 9, 2002

Illinois courts have held that sexual harassment by an employer can qualify as extreme and outrageous conduct for purposes of establishing an IIED claim. Pavilon v. … Viewing these allegations in the light most favorable to Arnold, she has clearly pleaded the second and third elements set forth in Duldulao . This leaves only the first element.

Marcus v. Sullivan

793 F. Supp. 812 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · May 26, 1992

Plaintiffs clearly are the prevailing parties. … Plaintiffs are entitled to fees, absent special factors, unless the Secretary can establish that his position was substantially justified.

Alsup v. 3-Day Blinds, Inc.

435 F. Supp. 2d 838 · District Court, S.D. Illinois · Jun 8, 2006

The basic purpose of section 1442 is to ensure a federal forum for defenses of official immunity by federal officers. See Willingham v. … In doing so, the court noted the potential limitations of a defense of official immunity under the facts of the case.

Johnson v. Luther

516 F. Supp. 423 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · May 28, 1981

But a court can deny an otherwise qualified applicant leave to file in forma pauperis if the action is clearly frivolous or malicious. Wartman v. … Clearly Johnson had not exhausted his administrative remedies at the time he submitted his petition.