Informed consent for lawyers
By William A. Allison
Tort Law,
September 2006
When a settlement or judgment in a personal injury action is paid in whole or in part by periodic payments, that is called a structured settlement.
Supreme court gives lesson on Frye
By William A. Allison
Tort Law,
June 2005
The Illinois Supreme Court was recently presented with a question regarding the admissibility of actuarial risk assessment to predict whether a convicted sex offender would commit sexually violent crimes in the future.
Lost chance—Appellate court development
By William A. Allison
Tort Law,
May 1999
Until Holton v. Memorial Hospital, 176 Ill.2d 95, 223 Ill.Dec. 429, 679 N.E.2d 1202 (1997), the status of the lost chance doctrine in Illinois was unclear. Holton laid the ground work for acceptance of the doctrine by eliminating the need for statistical evidence to prove proximate cause.
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