Supreme Court of Illinois - April 2003 Opinion Summaries

EADS v. HERITAGE ENTERS., INC.

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...

IN RE J.W.

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...

IN RE PARENTAGE OF M.J.

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.

CARVER v. SHERIFF OF LA SALLE COUNTY

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...

PEOPLE v. THUROW

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...

ARANGOLD CORP. v. ZEHNDER

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...

SAICHEK v. LUPA

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...

IN RE JUSTIN M.B.

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...

SNELSON v. KAMM

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)...

GOLDEN RULE INS. CO. v. SCHWARTZ

Contracts, Insurance Law
Summary judgment was improper in an action seeking rescission of a health insurance policy, based on misrepresentations, where issues of genuine fact...