In this handbook, experienced practitioners provide the substantive law, evidentiary rules, and damage parameters needed to successfully prosecute or defend wrongful-death and survival actions in Illinois. It provides insights and useful guidance for practitioners throughout the life of the case from case intake and evaluation, to pleadings, to discovery, to trial preparation, and through the trial. It also includes examples of draft pleadings, draft discovery, and useful checklists (such as pre-filing considerations, claim information requirements, potential defenses, deposition preparation, and trial preparation lists) that can be tailored for use in various cases.
General Editor:
Scott M. Seaman, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Chicago
Chapter 1 — Wrongful-Death Actions and the Illinois Wrongful Death Act
Scott M. Seaman and Philip R. Kujawa, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Chicago; Robert C. Heist, David A. Pestell, and Caitlin J. Brown, R. Connor & Associates, P.C., Chicago and Lake Forest IL, Boston, MA
Chapter 2 — Damages in Wrongful-Death Actions
Robert C. Heist, David A. Pestell, and Caitlin J. Brown, R. Connor & Associates, P.C., Chicago and Lake Forest IL, Boston, MA; Scott M. Seaman and Philip R. Kujawa, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP; Chicago
Chapter 3 — Conflict of Laws and Jurisdictional Issues in Wrongful-Death Actions
Robert C. Heist, David A. Pestell, and Caitlin J. Brown, R. Connor & Associates, P.C., Chicago and Lake Forest IL, Boston, MA
Chapter 4 — Survival Actions and the Illinois Survival Statute
Thomas R. Pender, Cremer, Spina, Shaughnessy, Jansen & Siegert, LLC, Chicago
Chapter 5 — Family Member Liabilities, Remedies, and Immunities
Scott M. Seaman and Philip R. Kujawa, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Chicago
Chapter 6 — Trial and Evidentiary Considerations in Wrongful-Death Actions
David E. Rapoport, Rapoport Weisberg & Sims, P.C., Chicago
Chapter 7 — Appendix
Scott M. Seaman and Philip R. Kujawa, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Chicago
