A New Year’s resolution: Read new Rule 213
By Hon. George S. Miller
Bench and Bar,
February 2007
An amended 213 (IL ST S.Ct. Rule 213), covering written interrogatories to parties, is effective January 1, 2007. Paragraph (f) provides that for each lay or independent witness, the party answering the interrogatory must identify the subjects and opinions from the witness to the extent of the party’s knowledge.
Case summaries
By George S. Miller & Alfred M. Swanson, Jr.
Bench and Bar,
June 2004
In Feltmeier v. Feltmeier, 207 Ill.2d 263, 798 N.E.2d 75 (2003), the Supreme Court recognized a cause of action for intentional infliction of emotional distress in a marital setting.
Cases of note
By Richard Posner, Alfred M. Swanson, Jr., George S. Miller, Barbara Crowder, Michael Kiley, Philip Lading, & J.A. Sebastian
Bench and Bar,
January 2004
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. No. 01 C 6329-Joan Humphrey Lefkow, Judge.
Ombudsman
By Hon. George S. Miller
Bench and Bar,
March 2003
A judge "berates and belittles" lawyers in open court. Another is often sarcastic and flippant.
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