9 results for 'judge:"Steigmann"'.
J. Steigmann finds that the lower court improperly dismissed a medical negligence suit stemming from her treatment for a severe nosebleed. During the treatment, a doctor left impacted gauze in the patient's nasal cavity causing severe pain and swelling. A genuine issue of material fact exists as to whether the patient should have known by May 1, 2020 that the leftover gauze was the cause of her symptoms, which would make her complaint untimely, or if her discovery came later. Reversed.
Court: Illinois Appellate Court, Judge: Steigmann, Filed On: March 26, 2024, Case #: 230646, Categories: Civil Procedure, Negligence, Medical Malpractice
J. Steigmann finds that the Board properly entered a final order for a set of state-wide standards regulating the storage and disposal of coal ash in surface impoundments, rejecting several energy companies' objections. The Board did not act arbitrarily by adopting a requirement for monthly groundwater monitoring, and by requiring an operator who elects to close an impoundment to remove containment system components such as the impoundment liner and contaminated subsoils. Affirmed.
Court: Illinois Appellate Court, Judge: Steigmann, Filed On: March 14, 2024, Case #: 210304, Categories: Administrative Law, Energy, Environment
J. Steigmann finds that the lower court properly denied defendant's motion for leave to file a successive postconviction petition alleging his 60-year sentence was disproportionate to his crimes. The petition fails to adequately allege that defendant's murder sentence would have been different had the court explicitly considered his youth (age 20) at sentencing. Affirmed.
Court: Illinois Appellate Court, Judge: Steigmann, Filed On: January 29, 2024, Case #: 230298, Categories: Murder, Sentencing
J. Steigmann finds that the lower court properly terminated the mother's parental rights to her three children. The mother failed to address her drug and alcohol abuse issues during the nine months the children were removed from her care due to her substance abuse. Affirmed.
Court: Illinois Appellate Court, Judge: Steigmann, Filed On: November 3, 2023, Case #: 230509, Categories: Family Law
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J. Steigmann finds that the lower court properly granted the state's motion to dismiss a quit tam suit alleging that a state employee who works for the Illinois State Police Merit Board obtained her employment by misrepresenting her academic qualifications and submitted false overtime reports to the tune of $67,000. The plaintiff's complaint makes clear that her issue is with the Governor's office - which allegedly knew of and abetted the employee's alleged corruption - not with the state. Affirmed.
Court: Illinois Appellate Court, Judge: Steigmann, Filed On: September 5, 2023, Case #: 220622, Categories: Government, False Claims
[Consolidated.] J. Steigmann finds that the lower court properly instructed the jury on the issue of disfigurement in this medical negligence suit stemming from a woman's seven-year coma and eventual death following gastric bypass surgery. However, the court erred by reducing the estate's judgment because medical expenses that have been written off by health care providers do not qualify for reduction. Reversed in part.
Court: Illinois Appellate Court, Judge: Steigmann, Filed On: July 14, 2023, Case #: 220643, Categories: Jury, Damages, Medical Malpractice
J. Steigmann finds the trial court improperly granted summary judgment to the school bus driver injured in a traffic accident who says the policy covering the at-fault driver's fleet truck for $1 million, which also covers 6 other uninvolved trucks, should be "stacked" to result in liability of $7 million. Regardless of any ambiguity in the policy, its anti-stacking provision is clear and should be applied as such. Reversed.
Court: Illinois Appellate Court, Judge: Steigmann , Filed On: June 28, 2023, Case #: 4-22-0827, Categories: Insurance, Vehicle
J. Steigmann finds that the lower court improperly denied the foster parent's motion to intervene in a child neglect case and transferred the case to a tribal court. The parents' objection to the transfer was not nullified by their death, especially in conjunction with the GAL's objection. The private interest factors weigh heavily in favor of Illinois as the preferred forum, rather than the tribal court located in Alaska. Reversed.
Court: Illinois Appellate Court, Judge: Steigmann, Filed On: June 16, 2023, Case #: 220930, Categories: Family Law