This 2019 edition provides sage advice from Illinois attorneys on the most common tort actions in 5 areas — pleadings, intentional torts, personal injury, federal claims, and injunctions. Over 30 causes of action are covered, including assault and battery, medical battery, aviation, defamation, construction, dog bite, dramshop, motor vehicle, premises and products liability, professional negligence, nursing home care, damages to personal property, and child sexual abuse. Each chapter provides a guide to the elements and pleading requirements, controlling law, relevant standard jury instructions, applicable statutes of limitations, the parties, special considerations, remedies/special issues, a checklist for the complaint, affirmative defenses specific to the cause of action, related actions, and a sample complaint.
Listing of chapters, authors (with firms hyperlinked and location — city — noted), general editor(s) (if applicable).
Part I — Pleadings
Chapter 1 — Pleadings
Richard P. Goldenhersh, Illinois Appellate Court, Fifth District, Belleville
Part II — Intentional Torts
Chapter 2 — Assault and Battery
Bret P. Coale, Hughes Tenney Postlewaite Coale, L.L.C., Decatur
Chapter 3 — Defamation
Kenneth T. Lumb, Corboy & Demetrio, Chicago
Chapter 4 — Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
Robert R. Duncan and Katherine A. Ross, Duncan Law Group, LLC, Chicago
Chapter 5 — Medical Battery
Amelia S. Buragas, Kelly Law Offices, P.C., Bloomington
Part III — Personal Injury
Chapter 6 — Aviation
Michael K. Demetrio, Corboy & Demetrio, Chicago
Chapter 7 — Civil Conspiracy
Michael K. Muldoon, Muldoon & Muldoon, LLC, Chicago
Chapter 8 — Construction
Melanie J. VanOverloop, Rapoport Law Offices, P.C., Chicago
Chapter 9 — Dog Bite
James J. Gay, Law Office of James J. Gay, Chicago
Chapter 10 — Dramshop
Mary Beth O’Brien, Law Office of Paul O. Watkiss/State Auto Insurance Companies, Naperville
Chapter 11 — Loss of Consortium
Susan J. Schwartz, Corboy & Demetrio, Chicago
Chapter 12 — Motor Vehicle Actions: Automobiles and Heavy Trucks
Patricia A. Small, Barrett, Twomey, Broom, Hughes & Hoke, LLP, Carbondale
Chapter 13 — Motor Vehicle Actions: Railroad
Andrew J. Thut and Michael L. Shanahan, Levin & Perconti, Chicago
Chapter 14 — Negligence: General
Andrew P. Stevens, Corboy & Demetrio, Chicago
Chapter 15 — Negligence: Professional — Medical Malpractice
Lawrence R. Kream, Law Office of Lawrence R. Kream, LLC, Chicago
Chapter 16 — Negligence: Professional — Legal Malpractice
David N. Damick, Law Offices of David N. Damick, St. Louis, MO
Chapter 17 — Negligence: Professional — Accountant Malpractice
Charles C. Hughes and Bret P. Coale, Hughes Tenney Postlewaite Coale, L.L.C., Decatur
Chapter 18 — Negligence: Professional — Real Estate Malpractice
David R. Gray Jr., Law Offices of David R. Gray, Jr., Ltd., Chicago
Chapter 19 — Negligence: Professional — Appraiser Malpractice
David R. Gray Jr., Law Offices of David R. Gray, Jr., Ltd., Chicago
Chapter 20 — Premises Liability: Against Landowner/Homeowner
Daniel M. Kotin, Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC, Chicago
Chapter 21 — Premises Liability: Against Business Owner
Ehsan Eftekhari, Eftekhari Law Offices LLC, Evanston
Chapter 22 — Premises Liability: Against Landlord
Daniel M. Kotin, Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC, Chicago
Chapter 23 — Strict Products Liability
Geoffrey L. Gifford, Pavalon & Gifford, Chicago, and Harry C. Lee, Law Office of Harry C. Lee, Chicago
Chapter 24 — Railroad — FELA, Safety Appliance Act, Locomotive Inspection Act, Etc.
Brian Spencer, Spencer Law Offices, P.C., Chicago
Chapter 25 — Electrical Injuries
Lawrence R. Kream, Law Office of Lawrence R. Kream, LLC, Chicago
Chapter 26 — Spoliation of Evidence
Robert R. Duncan and Katherine A. Ross, Duncan Law Group, LLC, Chicago
Chapter 27 — Nursing Home Care
Robert R. Duncan and Katherine A. Ross, Duncan Law Group, LLC, Chicago
Chapter 28 — Damages to Personal Property
Scott A. Morgan, Morgan Law Firm, Ltd., Chicago
Chapter 29 — Child Sexual Abuse
Joseph G. Klest and Danylo Y. Terleckyj, Law Office of Joseph Klest, Schaumburg
Part IV — Federal Claims
Chapter 30 — Federal Actions in Illinois State Courts
Mark L. Hellner, Center for Disability & Elder Law, Chicago, and Richard P. Goldenhersh, Illinois Appellate Court, Fifth District, Belleville
Chapter 31 — The Federal Tort Claims Act
Kenneth T. Lumb, Corboy & Demetrio, Chicago
Part V — Injunctions
Chapter 32 — Injunctions
Mark L. Hellner, Center for Disability & Elder Law, Chicago
