Illinois Laches Law

In re Marriage of Kathy Bremer and James Bremer

<h2> Wheaton, Illinois family law lawyers represented the husband and wife in a divorce. </h2> ¶ 4 The parties were married in July 1995. They began living separate and apart in November 2002. Kathy filed a verified petition for legal separation in Kane County in September 2003 (case No. 03-DK-1263). James failed to appear and was found in default. The court entered a judgment of... More...

$0 (10-18-2024 - IL)

Charles Greenhill and Amphib, Inc. v. Richard M. Vartanian and Platinum Fighter Sales, Inc.

<center> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Dirksen_Federal_Building.jpg/200px-Dirksen_Federal_Building.jpg"> </center> Hermann Göring, head of the Luftwaffe in World War II, remarked: “When I saw those Mustangs over Berlin, I knew that the war was lost.” The P- 51 Mustang fighter entered service in January 1942, and lon... More...

$0 (03-11-2019 - IL)

The Department of Natural Resources v. Shirley A. Waide

¶ 1 Plaintiff, the Department of Natural Resources of the State of Illinois (Department), formerly the Department of Conservation, sought reformation of a warranty deed or a declaration that the warranty deed did not reserve an undivided one-fourth interest in the mineral rights of certain property conveyed by the warranty deed. Defendants, the heirs and assignees of the estate of the previous ow... More...

$0 (07-17-2013 - IL)

Barry Kay v. Prolex Packaging, Inc.

¶ 1 After defendant Prolix Packaging, Inc. purchased the assets of plaintiff's business through an assignment for the benefit of creditors, Prolix employed plaintiff Barry Kay as a salesperson. Some five years later Prolix sold its business to a third party and, thereafter, Kay sued Prolix for allegedly failing to pay certain sales commissions under the employment agreement. The focal point of th... More...

$0 (06-13-2013 - IL)

In re Marriage of Terry Tutor and Brian Tutor

¶ 1 Respondent, Brian Tutor, appeals an order awarding petitioner, Terry Tutor, postjudgment interest for Brian's failure to make timely payments he owed Terry for her share of the parties' marital estate. On appeal, Brian argues that (1) the trial court erred by granting the petition for postjudgment interest, because the parties entered into a settlement agreement that did not provide for inter... More...

$0 (08-26-2011 - IL)

Jack L. Genius v. The County of Cook

¶ 1 At issue in this appeal is whether the Cook County Employee Appeals Board possessed jurisdiction to discharge the plaintiff from his position as a police officer with the Forest Preserve District of Cook County. The appellate court held that it did not. 398 Ill. App. 3d 321. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the judgment of the appellate court and remand the cause to that court for furt... More...

$0 (06-16-2011 - IL)

Willa Manning v. The City of Chicago

David Wilson originally brought suit against defendants-appellees the City of Chicago, a municipal corporation, and Detective Luke Daly, star No. 21064 (defendants or as named), related to an incident which resulted in Detective Daly shooting Wilson while in an interview room at police headquarters. Following trial, a jury returned a verdict in favor of defendants. Wilson appealed; during the pend... More...

$0 (02-25-2011 - IL)

Archie Robinson v. City of Harvey, Illinois

A jury found in 2002 that Manuel Escalante, a police officer in Harvey, Illinois, had shot Archie Robinson without a good reason and then tried to frame him for possessing a gun. The jury awarded $25,000 in compensatory damages, for which Escalante and the City are jointly and severally liable, and $250,000 in punitive damages, for which Escalante alone is liable. (Municipalities are not subject t... More...

$0 (08-06-2010 - IL)

Bernstein and Grazian, P.C. v. Grazian and Volpe, P.C.

Plaintiffs-appellants and cross-appellees Bernstein & Grazian, P.C. (B&G), and the Estate of Isadore M. Bernstein, deceased (Bernstein),1 brought suit against B&G's former law partners defendants-appellees and cross-appellants Grazian & Volpe, P.C. (G&V), John Leonard Grazian (Grazian), and Richard S. Volpe (Volpe)2 for breach of contract and fiduciary duty, seeking an accounting, an injunction an... More...

$0 (06-25-2010 - IL)

Marta Valdovinos v. Tadanori Tomita, M.D.

The plaintiff, Marta Valdovinos, as parent, guardian, and next friend of Daniel Valdovinos ("Daniel"), appeals from an order of the circuit court dismissing both counts of her fifth amended complaint against the defendants, Dr. Tadanori Tomita and Children's Memorial Hospital ("Children's Memorial"). For the reasons which follow, we reverse the judgment of the circuit court and remand for further ... More...

$0 (08-04-2009 - IL)

Jerome Maher v. City of Chicago

Jerome Maher sued the City of Chicago ("the Cityâ€), alleging, as pertinent here, that the City wrongfully demoted him in 1991, 1993, and 19981 for being absent from work while on active duty in the Naval Reserves, in violation of the Veterans' Reemployment Rights Act and its successor legislation, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act ("USERRAâ€). The district co... More...

$0 (10-31-2008 - IL)

<a href="http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/tmp/XR0FDFKA.pdf" target="_new">Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association v. American Express Company</a>

For many years, American Express has offered credit cards in the color of money. When it added a blue card during the 1990s, trademark litigation erupted. The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association uses a blue card (with a registered "Blue Card" service mark) for its insurance and related health-care products; it maintained that American Express's blue card would be confused with its off... More...

$0 (11-05-2006 - IL)

<a href="http://www.state.il.us/court/Opinions/AppellateCourt/2005/1stDistrict/July/Html/1030857.htm" target="_new">Multiut Corporation v. Yehuda Draiman, et al.</a>

This opinion encompasses three related appeals involving defendants Yehuda and Miriam Draiman and plaintiff Multiut Corporation (Multiut), an energy consulting and energy management services company based in Skokie. Central to defendants' appeals are case Nos. 1-03-0857 and 1-03-2855, in which defendants challenge the trial court's rulings in favor of Multiut and its award of more than $1 mil... More...

$0 (08-07-2005 - IL)

<a href="http://www.state.il.us/court/Opinions/SupremeCourt/2004/March/Opinions/Html/95181.htm" target="_new">Raintree Homes, Inc. v. The Village of Long Grove</a>

Plaintiffs, Raintree Homes, Inc., and Raintree Builders, Inc., filed a one-count amended complaint against defendant, the Village of Long Grove (the Village), seeking a declaratory judgment as to the validity of a Village ordinance requiring the payment of impact fees to the Village to obtain building permits and a refund of those fees paid by plaintiffs. The circuit court of Lake County dismis... More...

$0 (03-29-2004 - IL)

<a href="http://www.state.il.us/court/Opinions/SupremeCourt/2002/September/Opinions/Html/92473.htm" target="_new">Stroger, Jr. v. Regional Transportation Authority</a>

In February 2000, plaintiffs, John H. Stroger, Jr., and Bernard Scavella, filed a complaint in the circuit court of Cook County for declaratory and injunctive relief against defendants, the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA), the commuter rail division of the RTA (METRA), and the suburban bus division of the RTA (PACE). The complaint alleged that the statutory procedures contained in the R... More...

$0 (09-19-2002 - IL)

<a href="http://www.state.il.us/court/opinions/appellatecourt/2003/4thDistrict/January/Html/4020271.htm" target="_new=">Armstrong v. Snyder</a>

Plaintiff, James Armstrong, an inmate at the Tamms Correctional Center (Tamms), filed a pro se amended complaint (complaint) for mandamus in the Sangamon County circuit court on July 23, 2001. The complaint sought to compel defendant, Donald Snyder, Jr., Director of the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC), to expunge parts of plaintiff's disciplinary record. Plaintiff's complaint alleged t... More...

$0 (01-31-2003 - IL)

<a href="http://www.state.il.us/court/Opinions/AppellateCourt/2002/5thDistrict/September/Html/5010209.htm" target="_new">Gile v. Gile</a>

Grace Jeanne Gile (petitioner) filed a petition in the circuit court of Williamson County on June 14, 2000, asking the court to declare that a 1963 decree dissolving the marriage of petitioner and William Butler Gile, Sr., was void because it was not signed by the presiding judge and because it contained no provision for child support. The petition alternatively asked the court to enter an order r... More...

$0 (09-11-2002 - IL)

<a href="http://www.state.il.us/court/Opinions/AppellateCourt/2002/3rdDistrict/November/Html/3010489.htm" target="_new">Illinois v. Environmental Waster Resources, Inc.</a>

The plaintiff, the State of Illinois, requested a summary determination that the defendant, Environmental Waste Resources, Inc., (EWR) violated the closure and post-closure requirements of its operating permit when it ceased operations at its facility in Coal City, Illinois. Intervenor United Pacific Insurance Company (United Pacific) requested a judicial determination of its liability under its s... More...

$0 (11-24-2002 - IL)

<a href="http://www.state.il.us/court/Opinions/SupremeCourt/2002/September/Opinions/Html/92473.htm" target="_new">John H. Stroger, Jr., et al. v. The Regional Transportation Authority, et al.</a>

In February 2000, plaintiffs, John H. Stroger, Jr., and Bernard Scavella, filed a complaint in the circuit court of Cook County for declaratory and injunctive relief against defendants, the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA), the commuter rail division of the RTA (METRA), and the suburban bus division of the RTA (PACE). The complaint alleged that the statutory procedures contained in the R... More...

$0 (09-25-2002 - IL)

<a href="http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/op3.fwx?submit1=showop&caseno=01-1897.PDF" target="_new">Chattanoga Manufacturing, Inc. v. Nike, Inc.</a>

Chattanoga Manufacturing, Inc. sued Nike Inc. and Michael Jordan, alleging trademark infringement and unfair competition in violation of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1114(1) & 1125(a). Nike filed counterclaims, alleging that Chattanoga’s trademark was improperly registered by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) and should be cancelled. The district court... More...

$0 (08-21-2002 - IL)