Category: Personal Injury

In Jane Doe v. McLean County Unit District No. 5 Board of Directors the Illinois Supreme Court decided an interesting case concerning the transfer of a school administrator. The case came up based on the Motion to Dismiss a Complaint. Accordingly, only the allegations are considered. Plaintiffs alleged that McLean administrators learned of a teacher (White) engaging in student on student sexual harassment, abuse, and grooming of minor female students. Grooming means cultivating a trust with a minor for the purpose of sexual abuse. The Plaintiffs alleged that McLean administrators then disciplined White for these acts between October of 2004 and again      Read more…

In the case of Vanoosting vs. Sellars, 2012 IL App (5th) 110365, the Plaintiff in the case was involved in a relatively straight forward rear-end collision case. She had neck and back pain as a result of the accident. She filed suit seeking damages for past and future pain and suffering, disability, loss of normal life, and loss of earning capacity. The Defendant admitted they were negligent in running into her. The court held a trial on the issue of damages. The trial court started the hearing and declared a mistrial because of statements made by a juror in chambers. It      Read more…

This week the Supreme Court of Illinois resolved an arguable conflict between two statutes. It decided what standard Illinois lawyers must use when there is a wreck between an emergency vehicle, like an ambulance, and a citizen’s vehicle. It resolves an arguable conflict between the Illinois Vehicle Code and the Local Governmental and Governmental Tort Immunities Act. The facts of the case are as follows. James Harris brought a claim against Steven Thompson and the Massac County Hospital in Harris v. Thompson. Thompson was an ambulance driver for Massac Memorial Hospital. He and the plaintiff collided while he was driving the      Read more…