LATEST SUMMARIES

CONTRACTS, DISPUTE RESOLUTION & ARBITRATION, INJURY AND TORT LAW, INSURANCE LAW
• Craig v. United Auto. Ins. Co.

CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE
• People v. Marsala
• People v. Escobedo

FAMILY LAW
• In re: Marriage of Rife

GOVERNMENT LAW, TAX LAW
• Bigelow Group, Inc. v. Rickert

LATEST SUMMARIES

CONTRACTS, DISPUTE RESOLUTION & ARBITRATION, INJURY AND TORT LAW, INSURANCE LAW
Craig v. United Auto. Ins. Co., No. 1063636
In an action to confirm the arbitration award in the matter of an uninsured motorist claim, dismissal of defendant's counterclaim for breach of contract is affirmed where defendant waived the issue of plaintiffs' misrepresentations by failing to raise it until more than two years after receiving the claim, and more than one year after the arbitration award. Read more...

CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE
People v. Marsala, No. 2061044
In a DUI conviction resulting in suspension of defendant's driving privileges, granting of defendant's petition to rescind the summary suspension of his driving privileges is reversed where defendant failed to establish a prima facie case for rescission. Read more...

CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE
People v. Escobedo, No. 1052229
In a conviction for murder, denial of defendant's petition for postconviction relief is affirmed over claims that: 1) the trial court erred when it treated the two petitions as a single postconviction petition without following the procedures outlined in People v. Shellstrom; and 2) that the trial court erred when it summarily dismissed defendant's petition because his claim that a juror was sleeping during his trial was neither frivolous nor patently without merit. Read more...

FAMILY LAW
In re: Marriage of Rife, No. 2061048
In a dissolution of marriage action, denial of respondent's postdissolution petition to reduce child support is affirmed where petitioner's response to the petition was not a "petition" itself so as to trigger the modification clause of the marital settlement agreement because the modification clause is void as against public policy. Read more...

GOVERNMENT LAW, TAX LAW
Bigelow Group, Inc. v. Rickert, No. 2060879
In an action seeking an injunction against defendant tax collector's practice of refusing to allow property tax payment by specification and a declaration that defendant's refusal to accept payment by specification violated the Property Tax Code, summary judgement in favor of defendant is affirmed where collectors have discretion under the Code to accept or deny payment by specification. Read more...