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 Last Updated 06/01/2007 ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT ELIMINATES PER SE EXEMPTION FOR SIMPLE PRODUCTS UNDER RISK-UTILITY ANALYSIS IN DESIGN DEFECT CASES By: Joseph L. Nelson, J.D. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ILLINOIS HEALTH-CARE FACILITIES WILL SOON BE REQUIRED BY STATUTE TO REPORT THE OCCURRENCE OF CERTAIN “NEVER EVENTS.” By: Timothy G. Savage, J.D. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECOND DISTRICT HOLDS THAT THE SHOWING OF A MERE TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CARE AT ISSUE AND A CLAIMED INJURY IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO ESTABLISH PROXIMATE CAUSE By: Timothy G. Savage, J.D. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RECENT RULINGS MAKE SUMMARY JUDGMENT MORE DIFFICULT IN VICARIOUS LIABILITY CASES By: Cheri Stuart, R.N., J.D. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LIMITATIONS PERIODS FOR THIRD-PARTY CLAIMS IN MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ACTIONS By: Aaron P. Ryan, J.D. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IDPR ACTED WITHIN ITS AUTHORITY IN BARRING CRNA‚S FROM PRACTICING IN OFFICES WHERE THE PHYSICIAN IS NOT SUFFICIENTLY TRAINED IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF ANESTHESIA By: Scott C. Stevens, J.D. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIRST DISTRICT HOLDS THAT NO STATUTORY OR COMMON LAW CAUSE OF ACTION EXISTS FOR VIOLATION OF ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILD REPORTING ACT By: Tracy B. Weiner, J.D. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIRST DISTRICT PANELS DISAGREE ON THE EFFECT OF A VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL FOLLOWING PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT By: Anne Stalder Nelson, J.D. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIRST DISTRICT ISSUES AN IMPORTANT PROXIMATE CAUSE RULING By: Timothy G. Savage, J.D. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUITS BROUGHT BY PRO SE PLAINTIFFS ACTING IN A REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY MAY BE VOID AND SUBJECT TO DISMISSAL By: Aaron P. Ryan, J.D. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MALPRACTICE REFORM MEASURES MAY HAVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES FOR LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES REGULATED BY THE ILLINOIS NURSING HOME CARE ACT By: Elizabeth A. Connolly, R.N., J.D. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE EASES LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR FOREIGN-EDUCATED NURSES By: Vide M. Vizgirda, R.N., J.D. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIRST DISTRICT AFFIRMS BROAD APPLICABILITY OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE STATUTE OF REPOSE AND APPLIES IT TO BAR CAUSE OF ACTION FOR IN UTERO INJURY TO A FETUS WHERE SUIT WAS BROUGHT WITHIN EIGHT YEARS OF BIRTH BUT MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS AFTER OCCURRENCE AT ISSUE. By: Scott C. Stevens, J.D. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Previous Page |
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