Reviewed Illinois appellate court ruling applying Tort Immunity Act to protect governmental rights, finding Park District immune in badminton injury claim involving unintended user and open-and-obvious condition.
Summarizes Seventh Circuit ruling in Zambrano v. City of Joliet, which clarifies that a police officer’s false report only triggers Fourteenth Amendment liability if there's sufficient evidence the officer knew the statement was false.
Outlines some of the requirements and problems encountered when seeking to run for office in Illinois. Includes tips on avoiding common issues that could prevent your candidacy from appearing on a ballot.
Summarizes USEPA PFAS regulatory activities from December 2024 and January 2025.
Examines a recent Missouri Court of Appeals ruling in Bruckerhoff that appears to expand the definition of when the dangerous condition of a public roadway can be claimed an exception to a government’s ability to claim sovereign immunity.
Examines two Illinois appellate court opinions that expand law enforcement’s liability under Illinois’ domestic violence law.
Summarizes recent Illinois Supreme Court decision reaffirming that cyclists are only intended users of the roadway when the municipality demonstrates its intent to have cyclists use the roadway.
Analyzes Illinois appellate court decision on law distinguishing between roadway’s intended versus permitted user and effects on municipalities and bicyclists
Examines an Illinois appellate court ruling that narrows any exception for a bicyclist to be considered an intended and permitted user of a roadway
Examines an Illinois appellate court ruling that in narrow circumstances, a bicyclist can be considered an intended and permitted user of a roadway
Analysis of appellate court decision on whether an insurance company had a duty to defend a municipality on claims of wrongful arrest and conviction
Recently, the Illinois Supreme Court held that the City of Danville, Illinois, was not entitled to immunity from a negligence lawsuit brought by a citizen who tripped and fell on a crack in a city sidewalk. The court essentially held that in order for a city or public entity to be immune under the discretionary immunity statute, it must specifically analyze the sidewalk at issue and decide that the crack at issue was not a big enough problem to warrant fixing.
Stepping on a crack in a sidewalk is a common occurrence and lawsuits to recover injuries that result from it are not rare. In Barbara ...
The Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act, 745 ILCS 10/1-101, et seq.—commonly known as the Tort Immunity Act—provides certain statutory immunities to local public entities. These protected entities include, but are not limited to, counties, townships, municipalities, school districts, park districts, and other local governmental bodies. See 745 ILCS 10/1-206. The Act sets forth those circumstances in which an entity is entitled to immunity, but many of the Act’s provisions expressly except immunity when an entity’s conduct is ...
