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CHANGING RULES AFTER GAME HAS BEEN PLAYED – Civil Rights – HERBERT LAW FIRM
Police officers are excellent rule followers. Law enforcement agencies are paramilitary in nature. Accordingly, there is a chain of command and rules are meant to be followed. Col. Jessup put it is best in the movie A Few Good Men when he testified, “We follow orders, son. We follow orders or people die. It's that […]
Search Warrants | Drug Crimes | Cook County Criminal Defense Lawyer
Defendant in a prosecution on drug charges alleged that an affidavit filed by police officers to support issuance of a search warrant contained inaccuracies and that said affidavit, minus the inaccuracies, lacked probable cause to support search of his apartment. A confidential informant verified several facts with respect to Defendant's drug operation. As such, police […]
IL app. court ruling jury instructions personal injury
**Illinois Appellate Court / Civil Jury Instructions | 1st District** **Evard v. Monsanto Co., 2025 IL App (1st) 241235 (November 13, 2025) 4th Division / Cook County (NAVARRO) - Affirmed.** The plaintiffs filed a lawsuit alleging that an herbicide manufactured by the defendant caused them to develop non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. A jury rendered a verdict in […]
Nursing Home Verdict
A Cook County jury has awarded $12.2 million to the family of Shirley Adams, a Chicago woman who died due to negligent care at a North Side nursing home. Adams, 79, passed away in February 2023 from complications related to untreated pressure wounds. Her family, represented by lawyers from Levin & Perconti, alleged that understaffing […]
Theft Conviction Reversed
Theft and Fraud  |  1st Dist. People v. Thomas, 2025 IL App (1st) 232035 (November 17, 2025) 5th Div./Cook Co. (MIKVA) Affirmed in part, reversed in part, remanded.Defendant, the co-owner of a medical supply company, was accused of fraudulent Medicaid billing and after a bench trial was found guilty of theft based on the exertion of […]
November 2025 Illinois Supreme Court decisions
**Haase v. Kankakee School District 111, 2025 IL 131420**  Riley Haase, a seventh grader at Kankakee Junior High School, got injured after another student tackled him into a wall during indoor soccer. This other student wasn't even dressed for gym and wasn't on either team. Riley claims he ended up with a permanent arm and […]
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