In This Issue… WORKERS’ COMPENSATON CLAIM IS EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR EMPLOYEE’S ASBESTOS INJURY THE USE OF ILLINOIS RULE 224 WHEN DOES SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVITY TURN INTO STALKING? MASSACHUSETTS COURT SETS OUT REQUIREMENTS UNDER MASSACHUSETTS STATUTE TRIALS AND CASE DISPOSITIONS
Tort Law Update Bulletin
McKenna Law Update & News – October 2015
In This Issue… STATUTE OF LIMITATION FOR WRONGFUL DEATH – DATE OF DISCOVERY OF INJURY OR DEATH LIABILITY OF SELF INSURED RENTAL CAR COMPANIES LIMITED TO SAME MINIMUM COVERAGE REQUIREMENT AS COMPANIES THAT PURCHASE INSURANCE RESORT OWNER NOT LIABLE TO PATRON WHO BROKE HIS NECK DIVING INTO A LAKE NEIMAN MARCUS DATA BREACH ACTION: CUSTOMERS […]
McKenna Law Update & News – June 2015
In This Issue… WRONGFUL DEATH VIA SUICIDE CLAIM DISMISSED DEFAMATORY STATEMENTS ON THE INTERNET MAY NOT REMAIN ANONYMOUS AND MAY BE ACTIONABLE CALCULATION OF HEALTH CARE LIENS McKENNA NEWS
McKenna Law Update & News – March 2015
In This Issue… CAPTIVE INSURANCE AGENT DOES HAVE A DUTY OF ORDINARY CARE WHEN PROCURING INSURANCE COVERAGE SIX FLAGS HAS NO LIABILITY FOR DEATH OF WORKER KILLED WHILE DISMANTLING A WATERSLIDE A BROAD EXCLUPATORY CLAUSE MAY NOT BE ENOUGH McKENNA NEWS
McKenna Law Update & News – December 2014
In This Issue… ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT DEFINES “DISTRACTION” IN OPEN AND OBVIOUS CASES COULD RENTAL CAR COMPANY’S LIABILITY BE WITHOUT LIMITATION? NEW ILLINOIS LAWS REGARDING JURIES AND LIMITATIONS ON ASBESTOS ACTIONS TO TAKE EFFECT IN JUNE 2015 TRIALS AND CASE DISPOSITIONS McKENNA NEWS
McKenna Law Update & News – September 2014
In This Issue… 2003 DEADLY LINCOLN PARK PORCH COLLAPSE RULED AS ONE OCCURRENCE LIMITING INSURER’S POLICY LIMIT DUTY OF REASONABLE CARE IMPOSED UPON GENERAL CONTRACTOR UNDER "RETAINED CONTROL" EXCEPTION TRIALS AND CASE DISPOSITIONS CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
McKenna Law Update & News – June 2014
WRONGFUL DEATH AND SURVIVAL ACTIONS CAN BE BROUGHT FOR INTENTIONAL ACTIONS LEADING TO SUICIDE PLAINTIFF FAILED TO PLEAD PROPER COMPLAINT AGAINST CONDO ASSOCIATION FOR DOG BITE CLAIM DEFENDING DOG BITE CASES McKENNA NEWS WELCOME CONGRATULATIONS
McKenna Law Update & News – March 2014
In This Issue… ON OUR 60TH ANNIVERSARY…. FIRST DISTRICT HOLDS THAT EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSES FOR RAISING A CHILD AFFLICTED WITH A GENETIC DISEASE COULD BE RECOVERABLE IN A WRONGFUL PREGNANCY CASE TRIALS AND CASE DISPOSITIONS McKENNA NEWS
McKenna Law Update – December 2013
U.S. DISTRICT COURT APPLIES CONSTRUCTION STATUTE OF REPOSE TO DISMISS PLAINTIFF’S CLAIMS IN ASBESTOS CASE PLAINTIFF’S LAWSUIT DISMISSED FOR NOT NAMING DECEDENT’S ADMINISTRATOR IN ORIGINAL COMPLAINT REMINDER OF CHANGE IN LAW TRIAL RESULTS CONGRATULATIONS WELCOME
McKenna Law Update – June 2013
Damages Under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (Tcpa) Are Recoverable Under General Liability Policies Pursuant to a Ruling by the Illinois Supreme Court Reversing the 4th District Appellate Court’s ruling, the Illinois Supreme Court in Standard Mutual Insurance Company v. Lay, 2013 IL 114617 (May 23, 2013), concluded that statutory damages under the TCPA are […]