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
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 […]
Springfield School District No. 186 v The Attorney General of Illinois, 2017 Il. 120343 The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned a recent binding opinion of the Attorney General that a board of education could not vote on an agreement [in […]