Supreme Court of Illinois - December 2007 Opinion Summaries

Orlak v. Loyola Univ. Health System

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In an action arising from defendants' alleged failure to advise plaintiff that she may have contracted hepatitis C from a blood transfusion that she...

Brucker v. Mercola

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a negligence action arising from defendant-physician selling plaintiff a mislabeled bottle of nonprescription supplements which poisoned plaintiff...

Case v. Galesburg Cottage Hosp.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice action where plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed their action prior to summons being issued and then refiled one year later...

People v. Whitfield

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a conviction for aggravated possession of a stolen motor vehicle where the defendant was mistakenly sentenced to two years of probation when he...