41 Fla. L. Weekly D2660aTop of Form Appeals — Non-final orders — Order denying Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s motion to dismiss and/or strike two counts of complaint and abating those counts until coverage or extent of liability are determined is non-final, non-appealable order — Record does not support contention that trial court’s order was one Read More »
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Illinois – Summary Judgment – Court properly entered summary judgment for Defendants, as Plaintiff presented no evidence, other than speculative assertions through expert affidavits, that Plaintiff fell because Defendants created and maintained condition exposing Plaintiff to unreasonable risk of injury
Summary Judgment Berke v. Manilow, 2016 IL App (1st) 150397 (August 23, 2016) Cook Co., 2d Div. (HYMAN) Affirmed. (Court opinion corrected 11/28/16.) Plaintiff fell in vestibule of apartment building where he was staying with friends; no eyewitness to fall, which left him a quadriplegic. Plaintiff filed premises liability claim against building owner and management Read More »
Illinois – Retaliation – Record contained sufficient evidence to support jury’s verdict in favor of plaintiff-employee’s Title VII action alleging that defendant-employer terminated her in retaliation for having reported that her supervisor had sexually harassed her
Retaliation Gracia v. Sigmatron International, Inc., No. 15-3311 (November 29, 2016) N.D. Ill., E. Div. Affirmed Record contained sufficient evidence to support jury’s verdict in favor of plaintiff-employee’s Title VII action alleging that defendant-employer terminated her in retaliation for having reported that her supervisor had sexually harassed her. While defendant claimed that plaintiff was Read More »
Illinois – Negligence – Dist. Ct. did not err in granting defendant-store’s motion for summary judgment in action alleging that defendant was negligent when plaintiff incurred injuries arising out of her trip and fall on two stones located in defendant’s parking lot.
Negligence Piotrowski v. Menard, Inc., No. 15-3163 (November 29, 2016) N.D. Ill., E. Div. Affirmed Dist. Ct. did not err in granting defendant-store’s motion for summary judgment in action alleging that defendant was negligent when plaintiff incurred injuries arising out of her trip and fall on two stones located in defendant’s parking lot. Fact that Read More »
Torts — Dog bite — Strict liability — Where plaintiff asserted statutory damages claim for strict liability against owner of guard dogs which had escaped from client’s premises, trial court erred in entering final summary judgment for owner after finding as matter of law that plaintiff’s actions in feeding and sheltering dogs while she attempted to identify their owners constituted an intervening, superseding proximate cause of plaintiff’s injuries
41 Fla. L. Weekly D2659aTop of Form Torts — Dog bite — Strict liability — Where plaintiff asserted statutory damages claim for strict liability against owner of guard dogs which had escaped from client’s premises, trial court erred in entering final summary judgment for owner after finding as matter of law that plaintiff’s actions in Read More »