The “traveling-employee” doctrine applicable to workers’ compensation benefits did not apply where a police officer was simply driving his own car to his regular workplace and was struck by another vehicle, sustaining injuries. Read more
A federal appellate court has found the administration of a breathalyzer test to a group of students, where there was a reasonable basis for believing they had consumed alcohol prior to attending a school dance was lawful. Read more
We are proud to announce that Gregory T. Smith is the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education’s February Spotlight Author for his work on the IICLE handbooks and speaking at IICLE conferences.
Based upon the recent opinion of the Public Access Counselor (“Public Access Opinion 16—006”) addressing the interplay between personal email accounts and public records. Read more
No Absolute Immunity A biker who suffered serious injuries when she rode her bicycle over a defective area of a bike path and was thrown off sued the City (the City had assumed responsibility for the path by agreement with […]