The Florida Supreme Court has accepted for review a First District decision holding that Florida’s state insurer of last resort, Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, is not immune from a statutory bad faith failure to settle claim. See Citizens Prop. Ins. Corp. v. Perdido Sun Condo. Ass’n, No. SC14-185. To view the First District’s opinion, click … Continue Reading
Register now to join us for the first in a new series of webinars by Sedgwick’s Complex Litigation Appellate Task Force. In addition to discussing important decisions coming this fall from the Illinois Supreme Court in the fields of tort law, the law of evidence, insurance law and civil and appellate procedure, we’ll be spotlighting the … Continue Reading
In the recently concluded September term, the Illinois Supreme Court heard one of the shortest civil arguments it has heard in many years in People ex rel. Madigan v. Illinois Commerce Commission. Madigan seems likely to result in guidance from the Court as to the interplay of the various filing deadlines which apply to challenging administrative … Continue Reading
Our previews of the newest additions to the Illinois Supreme Court’s civil docket continue with Hadley v. Subscriber Doe. Hadley is a defamation case arising from an anonymous internet posting, but that issue comes wrapped in a couple of interesting procedural problems. The plaintiff was a candidate for political office. At the end of an online newspaper … Continue Reading
In the closing days of its September term, the Illinois Supreme Court allowed a petition for leave to appeal in Brunton v. Kruger. Brunton involves the scope of the accountant-client privilege – more specifically, what happens to that privilege after the client dies, and how the privilege can be waived. In Brunton, an accounting firm assisted … Continue Reading
A unanimous Illinois Supreme Court recently decided Slepicka v. The Illinois Department of Public Health. The Court defined proper venue for an action under state law for judicial review of an administrative decision, and rejected a claim that improper venue was a jurisdictional defect necessitating dismissal. Our detailed summary of the facts and lower court opinions in … Continue Reading
In the recently concluded September term, the Illinois Supreme Court reaffirmed the “open-and-obvious peril” doctrine and gave needed definition to the “distraction” exception to that rule, unanimously reversing a decision of the Fifth District in Bruns v. The City of Centralia. Our detailed summary of the facts and lower court decisions in Bruns is here. Our report … Continue Reading