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Supreme Court of Illinois - April 2003 Opinion Summaries

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PEOPLE v. THUROW
Supreme Court of Illinois
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing 
Failure to instruct the jury as to the element of an involuntary manslaughter victim's status as a member of defendant's household was harmless error... 		04/29/2003 90911
IN RE PARENTAGE OF M.J.
Supreme Court of Illinois
Contracts, Family Law 
The Illinois Parentage Act does not preclude claims for child support based on common law theories of oral contract or promissory estoppel. 		04/29/2003 92947
IN RE J.W.
Supreme Court of Illinois
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing 
After conviction for aggravated sexual assault, requiring a 12-year-old child to register for life as a sex offender was constitutional, but a... 		04/29/2003 92116
EADS v. HERITAGE ENTERS., INC.
Supreme Court of Illinois
Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice 
A plaintiff asserting a private right of action under the Nursing Home Care Act need not attach to the complaint the certificate of merit and... 		04/29/2003 92691
SNELSON v. KAMM
Supreme Court of Illinois
Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice, Remedies 
In a medical negligence action, 1) plaintiff's expert was qualified to render opinions offered at trial, and established all elements of the case, 2)... 		04/29/2003 91232, 91239
IN RE JUSTIN M.B.
Supreme Court of Illinois
Criminal Law & Procedure, Juvenile Law 
The trial court complied with the requirement of section 5-620 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, that the court make a notation of a finding of... 		04/29/2003 93329
SAICHEK v. LUPA
Supreme Court of Illinois
Injury & Tort Law, Remedies 
Where a plaintiff has sustained a single, indivisible injury, and is awarded damages for those injuries by the court, she may not divide up her claim... 		04/29/2003 93615, 93774
CARVER v. SHERIFF OF LA SALLE COUNTY
Supreme Court of Illinois
Injury & Tort Law, Government Law 
A sheriff in his official capacity has authority to settle and compromise claims brought against the sheriff's office, and the sheriff's office is... 		04/29/2003 91108
ARANGOLD CORP. v. ZEHNDER
Supreme Court of Illinois
Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Tax Law 
The Tobacco Products Tax Act of 1995 does not violate due process by taxing one group to benefit another, and does not violate the uniformity clause... 		04/29/2003 93836
PEOPLE v. BROWN
Supreme Court of Illinois
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing 
Issues raised in defendant's appeal from a death sentence were rendered moot by the governor's commutation of defendant's sentence to natural life... 		04/11/2003 89226

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