Supreme Court of Illinois - November 2004 Opinion Summaries

Young v. Bryco Arms

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In consolidated cases seeking to recover from gun manufacturers and dealers for crimes involving illegal firearms used by minors or young adults who...

City of Chicago v. Beretta U.S.A. Corp.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit to recover from handgun manufacturers, distributors and dealers for the costs which those public entities have incurred as a result of...

Paszkowski v. Metro. Water Reclamation Dist. of Greater Chicago

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a personal injury claim brought two years after the incident in question, dismissal is affirmed where the legislature intended for the one-year...

People v. Jones

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a conviction for attempted first degree murder, dismissal of a pro se postconviction petition is affirmed where: 1) in an appeal from the dismissal...

Doe v. Chicago Bd. of Educ.

Education Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit on behalf of a boy who was sexual assaulted by another student while riding on a school bus, dismissal of the claim is reversed where: 1) a...

In re Robert S.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In the matter of a petition seeking the involuntary administration of psychotropic medication to a defendant found unfit to stand trial, a denial of...

Jewelers Mut. Ins. Co. v. Firstar Bank Illinois

Banking Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit concerning theft from safety deposit boxes rented to jewelry dealers, summary judgement for defendant is reversed where the exculpatory...

People v. Rosenberg

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a conviction for controlled substance trafficking based upon a traffic stop of defendant's alleged accomplice, motion to suppress all evidence...

Sullivan v. Eichmann

Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In an action for medical malpractice, summary judgement for the defense is reversed where: 1) the circuit court denied plaintiff's request to...

Ferguson v. City of Chicago

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action for malicious prosecution, dismissal of the action is reversed and the cause remanded over claims that the complaint was untimely where:...