Illinois Appellate Court

WHAT IS THE LAW OF TENANCY BY THE ENTIRETY? ANSWER: An estate held in tenancy by the entirety is limited to “homestead” property held by a husband and wife “during coverture.” The Illinois statute authorizing transfer of property into tenancy by the entirety states as follows: “Whenever a devise, conveyance, assignment, or other transfer of property, including a beneficial interest in a land trust, maintained or intended for maintenance as a homestead by both husband and wife together during

was a personal injury case filed on March 17, 1998, in which the plaintiff claimed that the defendant club should be held vicariously liable for their employee’s actions that caused the plaintiff’s injury. The injury in question occurred in Peoria, Illinois during an IHL game on December 15, 1990 between the Peoria Rivermen and the Milwaukee Admirals. While the St. Louis Hockey Club technically wasn’t playing in the game, they can be held liable for the injury, as the Peoria Rivermen are a subsidiary

Living in a perfect world, with the perfect people, and the perfect government sounds ideal, doesn’t it? Everyone be employed, the economy would be better, the community could feel safe, and most of all everyone would be the happiest they could be. The government would be for the people, and all crimes would decrease due to the agreement on punishment from the people. Sounds like a fantasy right? TheTaino Indian tribe was the first citizens to live in Puerto Rico around 1000 AD; however, on Christopher

Campaign financing has turned judicial elections into the same money race as legislative and executive elections. However, the legislative and executive branches are meant to be accountable to the people. The Constitution provides for the election of members of Congress and the President. In making the judiciary similar to the other two branches, state elections are fostering the type of competition, crookedness, and bargaining characteristics of those branches. But, the difference is the judiciary

illegal or fraudulent action. Rather, “[t]here need only be presented a reasonable basis for believing that the objective was fraudulent” for the exception to apply. Decker, at 322. In Balla v. Gambro, Inc., 145 Ill. 2d 492 (Ill. 1991), the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that an attorney was required do whatever was necessary to stop the sale of certain misbranded and/or adulterated dialyzers that were being marketed by his client. Although the attorney had learned this information in the course of representing

common and the settlement amounts have increased exponentially (Calvasina, Calvasina, & Calvasina, 2010), the consequences of noncompliance, regardless of intent, can cripple businesses of any size. Determinations are not always straightforward and courts at different levels sometimes disagree as to the proper classification of a worker in a particular circumstance. Unpaid Interns Eric Glatt, Alexander Footman, Kanene Gratts, and Eden Antalik filed an action against Fox Searchlight Pictures, Incorporated

If a plea agreement is not reached, then the process moves to the motions phase. During this time, the defense and prosecution can file pretrial motions to suppress evidence due to faulty police line–ups, coerced confessions, and illegal search and seizures. Once all pretrial motions are filed, the process moves to the trial stage. The trial stage is where the case, from the prosecution and defense, is presented to the jury for their deliberation of the verdict. During the motions stage of the

argued before the Supreme Court, it was held that due process of law had not been adhered to. This was as a result of the incapability of the defendants to employ counsel and also because of their incapability to undertake their own defense. The court held that it was the obligation of the trial court whether it had been requested or not, to undertake the assignment of counsel as a critical pre-condition to the fulfillment of due process of law (Calhoun, 1988). The court noted

On November 23, 1993, Doe was seen by an obstetrician, Dr. James Meserow, at the St. Joseph’s Hospital in Chicago. This was the first time Doe was seen by Dr. Meserow, but she had been receiving regular prenatal care throughout her pregnancy. Upon giving Doe the usual check-up, he determined from a series of tests that the baby was under duress due to an issue with the placenta. At this point, it is important to recognize that Doe is a mentally competent woman carrying her first child, and the

case law. This is known from the title of the case being R v Davis, R being the Queen and Davis being the accused. In addition, the conviction was based off of laws that were broken listed in the Criminal Code of Canada. What was the ruling of the court at the trial level and briefly explain the trial judge’s decision? The trial judge convicted Davis on three different counts. The counts were: possession of a weapon with harmful intentions, the assault of a police officer while on