Supreme Court of Illinois - February 2007 Opinion Summaries

Bryant v. Bd. of Election Comm'rs

Elections
In an action challenging the nomination papers filed by Virgil Jones for election to the office of alderman for the 15th Ward of the City of Chicago,...

Delgado v. Bd. of Election Comm'rs

Elections, Government Law
In an action challenging nomination papers filed by Ambrosio Medrano for election to the office of alderman for the 25th Ward of the City of Chicago,...

Murray v. Chicago Youth Ctr.

Education Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit arising from a boy who was rendered a quadriplegic after an accident involving a mini-trampoline used on school property, summary judgement...

Forsythe v. Clark USA Inc.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit attempting to impose liability on a parent company for the wrongful death of two employees killed in a oil refinery fire, summary judgement...

Calles v. Scripto-Tokai Corp.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a strict liability and negligence suit arising from a deadly fire caused by a lighter designed and manufactured by defendant, summary judgement for...

Hadley v. The Illinois Dept. of Corrs.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Government Law
In a class action seeking to enjoin the Illinois Department of Corrections from charging indigent inmates a co-payment for nonemergency medical and...

People v. Perry

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a conviction for theft by deception of property based on an unpaid hotel bill, conviction is affirmed where the value of the use of the hotel room...

H&M Commercial Driver Leasing, Inc. v. Fox Valley Containers, Inc.

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a breach of contract suit arising from the hiring of one of plaintiff's former employees by defendant, judgment on the pleadings for plaintiff is...

Metzger v. DaRosa

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Under Illinois Law, section 19c.1 of the Personnel Code does not imply a private right of action for state employees who are retaliated against by...

People v. Thompson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
An appellate court judgment in an appeal of sentences for aggravated battery and violation of an order of protection is reversed in part where...