County Materials Corporation signed a licensing agreement that allowed it to manufacture and sell Allan Block’s patented concrete block. The license also contained a non-compete clause that prohibited County Materials from selling a competing product for 18 months after the license was terminated. After Allan Block terminated the license, County…
Loman and Dodd owned a horse that required surgery. They entrusted the surgery to Freeman, who taught veterinary medicine at the University of Illinois. Freeman did the surgery as part of the training he provided for students at the University. Loman and Dodd alleged that Freeman performed an unauthorized procedure…
Recapping the previous two blog entries, a majority of the Illinois Second District Appellate Court held: (1) An amendment to Illinois Supreme Court Rule 303(a) applied retroactively so that a premature Notice of Appeal preserved appellate jurisdiction. (See entry 10/29/07, two below.) (2) Separate postdissolution petitions in a divorce case…
We continue with IRMO Duggan. (For Part One, with an explanation of the case facts, see blog entry of 10/29/07, directly below.) The next question the court took on was whether Tamara’s support petition and Darrell’s petition to set a visitation schedule presented (1) new claims in the same action,…
In re Marriage of Duggan offers good analysis by the Second District Illinois Appellate Court of two issues that have been confounding the appellate and family law bars. We’ll look at the case, and an interesting concurring opinion that disagrees with the majority on the appellate issues, in this and…
James Foster claimed he was beaten by Corpsman Kirk Hill at a Naval Training Center. Foster sued Hill in the Illinois state court. Invoking the Westfall Act (United States shall be substituted as a party when a federal employee is sued in tort for actions in course of employment, if…
Alex T. was involuntarily admitted for mental health treatment. However, at the time the circuit court granted the State’s petition to have Alex admitted, a felony charge was pending against him. Alex argued that the order admitting him for mental health treatment was void. He based his argument on the…
Glen Dresher appealed from a court’s decision to temporarily release him from co-guardianship of his adult, disabled son. The guardian ad litem for the son moved to dismiss the appeal for lack of appellate jurisdiction. The appellate court agreed with the guardian and dismissed the appeal. The First District Illinois…
A pro se plaintiff filed four lawsuits, which were assigned to different judges, in which she complained that her children had been taken from her custody in violation of the law. Although the cases generally complained about the same subject matter, they never were consolidated. The first three lawsuits ultimately…
This dispute grew from the Waddicks’ divorce. Several months after trial, in September 2005, the trial court issued a written decision that ruled on the contested matters. The court did not order a dissolution judgment to be prepared, but it did state that a joint custody order “will be entered…