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Workers' Compensation IDC Survey of Law Editorial Board Brad A. Elward, Editor-in-Chief Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C., Peoria Denise Baker-Seal, Managing Editor Brown & James, P.C., Belleville Nicole D. Milos, Managing Editor Cremer, Spina, Shaughnessy, Jansen + Siegert, LLC, Chicago EDITORS Laura K. Beasley, Joley, Oliver & Beasley, P.C., Belleville Terry A. Fox, Flaherty & Youngerman, P.C., Chicago Linda J. Hay, HeplerBroom LLC, Chicago Donald J. O’Meara, Jr., Pretzel & Stouffer, Chartered, Chicago Kimberly A. Ross, Ford & Harrison LLP, Chicago Contributors Denise Baker-Seal Brown & James, P.C. Benjamin J. Barnett SmithAmundsen LLC Andrew Bell Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP Elizabeth K. Barton Ancel Glink Diamond Bush DiCianni & Krafthefer, P.C. Theresa Bresnahan-Coleman Langhenry, Gillen, Lundquist & Johnson, LLC Julie A. Bruch O’Halloran Kosoff Geitner & Cook, LLC Adam C. Carter Cray Huber Horstman Heil & VanAusdal LLC Patrick D. Cloud Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C. Molly P. Connors Brady, Connolly & Masuda, P.C. R. Mark Cosimini Rusin & Maciorowski, Ltd. Anna C. Covert SmithAmundsen LLC James L. Craney Craney Law Group LLC Donald Patrick Eckler Pretzel & Stouffer, Chartered Robert E. Elworth HeplerBroom LLC Jessica S. Holliday Brown & James, P.C. Brian J. Hunt The Hunt Law Group, LLC Howard L. Huntington Bullaro & Carton, P.C. Benjamin M. Jacobi O’Halloran Kosoff Geitner & Cook, LLC Matthew G. Jones Del Galdo Law Group, LLC Gabriel R. Judd HeplerBroom LLC R. Howard Jump Jump & Associates, P.C. Zeke N. Katz HeplerBroom LLC Brad W. Keller Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C. Tara W. Kuchar HeplerBroom LLC Seth D. Lamden Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP Erica S. Longfield Swanson Martin & Bell, LLP Bruce W. Lyon LaBarge, Campbell & Lyon, LLC Brian Myers The Hunt Law Group, LLC John M. O’Driscoll Tressler LLP James W. Ozog Goldberg Segalla LLP Jaime L. Padgett Segal McCambrige Singer & Mahoney, Ltd. Emily J. Perkins Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C. Cecil E. Porter III Litchfield Cavo LLP Jamie M. Rein HeplerBroom LLC Stephanie Rifkind Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP Kimberly A. Ross Ford & Harrison LLP Kathleen J. Scanlan LaBarge, Campbell & Lyon, LLC Bruce H. Schoumacher Querrey & Harrow, Ltd. Bradley J. Smith Keefe, Campbell, Biery & Associates, LLC W. Scott Trench Brady, Connolly & Masuda, P.C. James D. VanRheeden Quinn, Johnston, Henderson, Pretorius & Cerulo Stephanie W. Weiner HeplerBroom LLC Kenneth F. Werts Craig & Craig, LLC Holly C. Whitlock-Glave HeplerBroom LLC Jennifer A. Winking Scholz Loos Palmer Siebers & Duesterhaus LLP Michael L. Young HeplerBroom LLC contents 4 IDC Officers and Directors 2016–2017 6 President’s Message 7 Letter from the Editors Survey of Cases 9 Civil Practice Law 12 Construction Law 20 Employment Law 31 Insurance Law 50 Local Government Law 60 Tort Law 92 Index of Cases 100 Index of Advertisers 2016 Survey of Law is published by the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel, Springfield, Illinois. It is published annually as a service to its members. Subscription for non-members is $100. Subscription price for members is included in membership dues. Requests for subscriptions or back issues should be sent to the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel at [email protected]. All materials have been edited and are the property of the Association, unless otherwise noted. Statements or expression of opinions in this publication are those of the contributors and not necessarily those of the Association or Editors. Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel, 2016 Survey of Law, Copyright © 2017 The Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. POSTMASTER: Send change of address notices to IDC Survey of Law, Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel, P.O. Box 588, Rochester, IL 62563-0588. Second-Class postage paid at Springfield, IL and additional mailing offices. IDC 2016 SURVEY OF LAW | 1 2016 – 2017 DIRECTORS Denise Baker-Seal Brown & James, P.C., Belleville Elizabeth K. Barton Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, DiCianni & Krafthefer, P.C., Chicago Laura K. Beasley Joley Oliver & Beasley, Belleville Joseph A. Bleyer Bleyer and Bleyer, Marion Jeremy T. Burton Falkenberg Fieweger & Ives LLP, Chicago 2016 – 2017 OFFICERS Adam C. Carter Cray Huber Horstman Heil & VanAusdal LLC, Chicago PRESIDENT R. MARK MIFFLIN Giffin, Winning, Cohen, & R. Mark Cosimini Bodewes, P.C., Springfield Rusin & Maciorowski, Ltd., Champaign Bruce Dorn PRESIDENT-ELECT MICHAEL L. RESIS Bruce Farrel Dorn & Associates, Chicago SmithAmundsen LLC, Chicago Donald Patrick Eckler FIRST VICE PRESIDENT BRADLEY C. NARHSTADT Pretzel & Stouffer, Chartered, Chicago Lipe, Lyons, Murphy, Nahrstadt & Terry A. Fox Pontikis, Ltd., Chicago Flaherty & Youngerman, P.C., Chicago SECOND VICE PRESIDENT WILLIAM K. McVISK Edward K. Grassé Johnson & Bell, Ltd., Chicago Busse, Busse & Grassé, P.C., Chicago John P. Heil, Jr. SECRETARY/TREASURER NICOLE D. MILOS Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C., Peoria Cremer, Spina, Shaughnessy, Jansen + Siegert LLC, Chicago David A. Herman Giffin, Winning, Cohen & Bodewes, P.C., Springfield Anthony G. Joseph HeplerBroom LLC, Chicago Thomas L. O’Carroll Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Chicago Donald J. O’Meara, Jr. Pretzel & Stouffer, Chartered, Chicago Ian Russell Lane & Waterman, LLP, Davenport Benjamin J. Samuelson Betty, Neuman & McMahon, P.L.C., Davenport Tracy E. Stevenson Law Office of Tracy E. Stevenson, P.C., Chicago Patrick W. Stufflebeam HeplerBroom LLC, Edwardsville Michelle M. Wahl Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP, Chicago EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Sandra J. Wulf, CAE, IOM PAST PRESIDENTS Royce Glenn Rowe • James Baylor • Jack E. Horsley • John J. Schmidt • Thomas F. Bridgman • William J. Voelker, Jr. • Bert M. Thompson • John F. Skeffington • John G. Langhenry, Jr. • Lee. W Ensel • L. Bow Pritchett • John F. White • R. Lawrence Storms • John P. Ewart • Richard C. Valentine • Richard H. Hoffman • Ellis E. Fuqua • John E. Guy • Leo M. Tarpey • Willis R. Tribler • Alfred B. LaBarre • Patrick E. Maloney • Robert V. Dewey, Jr. • Lawrence R. Smith • R. Michael Henderson • Paul L. Price • Stephen L. Corn • Rudolf G. Schade, Jr. • Lyndon C. Molzahn • Daniel R. Formeller • Gordon R. Broom • Clifford P. Mallon • Anthony J. Tunney • Douglas J. Pomatto • Jack T. Riley, Jr. • Peter W. Brandt • Charles H. Cole • Gregory C. Ray • Jennifer Jerit Johnson • Stephen J. Heine • Glen E. Amundsen • Steven M. Puiszis • Jeffrey S. Hebrank • Gregory L. Cochran • Rick Hammond • Kenneth F. Werts • Anne M. Oldenburg • R. Howard Jump • Aleen Tiffany • David H. Levitt • Troy A. Bozarth 2 | IDC 2016 SURVEY OF LAW IDC 2016 SURVEY OF LAW | 3 2016-2017 OFFICERS and DIRECTORS President President-Elect First Vice President Second Vice President Secretary/Treasurer R. MARK MIFFLIN MICHAEL L. RESIS BRADLEY C. WILLIAM K. McVISK NICOLE D. MILOS Giffin, Winning, Cohen SmithAmundsen LLC NAHRSTADT Johnson & Bell, Ltd. Cremer, Spina, & Bodewes, P.C. Chicago Lipe Lyons Murphy Chicago Shaughnessy, Jansen & Springfield Nahrstadt & Pontikis, Ltd. Siegert LLC Chicago Chicago DENISE BAKER- ELIZABETH K. BARTON LAURA K. BEASLEY JOSEPH A. BLEYER JEREMY T. BURTON SEAL Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, Joley Oliver & Beasley Bleyer and Bleyer Falkenberg Fieweger & Brown & James, P.C. DiCianni & Krafthefer, P.C. Belleville Marion Ives LLP Belleville Chicago Chicago ADAM C. CARTER R. MARK COSIMINI BRUCE DORN DONALD PATRICK ECKLER Cray Huber Horstman Heil & Rusin & Maciorowski, Ltd. Bruce Farrel Dorn & Associates Pretzel & Stouffer, Chartered VanAusdal LLC Champaign Chicago Chicago Chicago 4 | IDC 2016 SURVEY OF LAW TERRY A. FOX ANTHONY G. JOSEPH BENJAMIN J. SAMUELSON Flaherty & Youngerman, P.C. HeplerBroom LLC Betty, Neuman & McMahon, P.L.C. Chicago Chicago Davenport EDWARD K. GRASSÈ THOMAS L. O’CARROLL TRACY E. STEVENSON Busse, Busse & Grassé, P.C. Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP Law Office of Tracy E. Stevenson, P.C. Chicago Chicago Chicago JOHN P. HEIL, JR. DONALD J. O’MEARA, JR. PATRICK W. STUFFLEBEAM Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C. Pretzel & Stouffer, Chartered HeplerBroom LLC Peoria Chicago Edwardsville DAVID A. HERMAN IAN RUSSELL MICHELLE M. WAHL Giffin, Winning, Cohen & Bodewes, P.C. Lane & Waterman, LLP Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP Springfield Davenport Chicago IDC 2016 SURVEY OF LAW | 5 President’s Message R. Mark Mifflin Giffin, Winning, Cohen & Bodewes, P.C., Springfield As attorneys and judges, all of us have area of the law will help practitioners and judges understand the an ongoing professional responsibility to significance and application of these developments. I hope and trust stay current with the development of the that you will find thisSurvey informative and useful. law in general and Illinois law specifically. On behalf of the entire IDC organization, I offer sincere thanks The law is constantly adapting to address to all of the authors and editors who have worked together to achieve issues which arise by way of new challenges this great publication. I would also like to specifically recognize and presented by changes in our society and by thank Editor-in-Chief Brad Elward and Managing Editors Denise judicial or legislative shifts in existing law. Baker-Seal and Nicole Milos for their efforts in making this edition The Illinois Association of Defense Trial of the Survey an overwhelming success. The work of all of these Counsel is pleased to publish this 2016 Survey of Law in an effort individuals is clearly reflected in the quality of the end product. to facilitate a concise
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