2003 Articles

On September 18, 2003, the Illinois Supreme Court reversed the portion of the appellate court's decision that vacated the defendant's extended-term sentence. 

On March 20, 2003, the Illinois Supreme Court held that the plaintiff could not maintain her negligence action against a second defendant after she had already collected full damages from a first defendant.

Effective January 1, 2003, any person who pierces the body or oral cavity of a person under 18 years of age without written consent of a parent.

The Illinois Department of Central Management Services recently adopted amendments to implement the mandates of the Organ Donor Leave Act (5 ILCS 327).

On February 6, 2003, the Illinois Supreme Court held that a mother's failure to obtain the written consent of the putative father to artificial insemination precluded her claim for paternity under the Illinois Parentage Act.

On June 19, 2003, the Illinois Supreme Court held that the plaintiff, by requesting a new trial in her post-trial motion, was foreclosed from later petitioning for appellate review of the first trial pursuant to Illinois Supreme Court Rule 306(a)(1) (166 Ill 2d R 306(a)(1)).

On August 7, 2003, the Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District, reversed the order of the Circuit Court of DuPage County dismissing the indictment filed against the defendant for aggravated driving while license revoked and remanded the cause for further proceedings.

On September 18, 2003, the Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the circuit and appellate courts' judgments to suppress evidence found during a search of the defendant's motel room in which a probationer subject to a search condition was staying.

On February 21, 2003, the Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the appellate court that a plaintiff asserting a private right of action under the Nursing Home Care Act, 210 ILCS 45/1-101.

On April 3, 2003, the Illinois Supreme Court held that an inmate did not exhaust his administrative remedies and was therefore not entitled to a preliminary injunction after Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) officials confiscated the inmate's art supplies.

On November 4, 2002, the Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, reversed and remanded the order of the circuit court of Cook County dismissing the plaintiff's second amended complaint for failure to state a cause of action.

Recent amendments to the Premises Liability Act outline liability guidelines for off-road riding facilities.

On June 19, 2003, the Illinois Supreme Court held that the provisions under P. A. 91-0404, §5, effective January 1, 2000.

Beginning January 1, 2004, all public bodies must keep a verbatim record of all of their closed meetings in the form of an audio or video recording.