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Articles From Jessica A. Hegarty

The upcoming 2017 Allerton Conference: The changing landscape of civil practice: Technology, ethics & economics By Jessica A. Hegarty Civil Practice and Procedure, December 2016 The biennial Allerton Conference will be held April 19-21, 2017 at Starved Rock Lodge in Utica, Illinois.
In a wrongful birth action, the Illinois Supreme Court curtails the available remedies finding that no damages are available for the care of a disabled, dependent child after the child reaches the age of majority By Jessica A. Hegarty Civil Practice and Procedure, October 2011 The court’s analysis hinged upon whether Illinois law imposes a “duty” or “obligation” on parents to support disabled, dependent children after the age of majority. Absent such a duty, the court reasoned that the costs and expenses associated with caring for a disabled, dependent adult child are not “legal harms” that parents suffer but are expenses that are “voluntarily” and “willingly” assumed. The court relied on the general common law rule established in 1896 that parents are not legally obligated to support an adult child as the basis for its ruling.
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Motion in Limine Reduces Trial Prejudice By Terrence K. Hegarty & Jessica A. Hegarty Civil Practice and Procedure, May 2009 A pretrial motion in limine must be prepared and argued before the voir dire begins, and a written order memorializing the court’s rulings on each issue must be entered.

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