Where a party is held in civil contempt and accumulates a large fine for noncompliance with a court order, any writ of body attachment issued relating to the civil contempt must permit the contemnor ...

Doctor who feared contracting COVID wins disability coverage- Collecting disability benefits does not always require current incapacitation. If the insured were to face a significant risk of serious ...

A South Florida jury awarded $800,000 in damages to a little girl who received second-degree burns when a hot Chicken McNugget fell on her leg as her mother pulled away from the drive-thru of a ...

The father of a pregnant woman who was struck and killed by an Indianapolis police officer as she was walking on the shoulder of a highway failed to state a claim for a violation of his daughter’s ...

A tractor mechanic who was fired for using medical marijuana off the job does not have a claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act, a federal judge ruled.

The City of Chicago will pay $5 million to five plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit alleging police officers performed unlawful, racially motivated stop-and-frisk searches.

Where a defendant does not claim accident or mistake but simply denies the alleged criminal act took place, evidence of prior acts cannot be admitted to show defendant’s intent as it is not disputed, ...

Stevens Awards celebrated-New courtroom at Daley Center Cook County Circuit Court Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans met with probate judges and staff Friday to celebrate the opening of Probate Division ...

A three-judge panel of a federal appeals court is now deciding whether state and local bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines are constitutional.

In a case where prosecutors relied on the hearsay rule’s business-records exception to justify testimony about documents that weren’t admitted into evidence, the Iowa Supreme Court, citing decisions ...

T.J. Tomasik, partner at Clifford Law Offices, recently acted as a volunteer attorney at the annual DuPage County Expungement Clinic at the DuPage County Courthouse. The effort is part of the Public ...

FBI Director Christopher Wray called Tuesday for the reauthorization of a U.S. government surveillance tool set to expire at the end of the year, warning Senate lawmakers that there would be ...