by Dan Sugrue | Oct 23, 2013 | General Legal, Wills & Estate Law
In the Estate of Samuel Zagaria, 2013 IL App(1st) 122879, the Illinois Appellate Court for the 1st District, heard a case of a man who had gone missing for nine years and was presumed to be dead. Upon establishing a presumption of death, the Cook County Probate Court...
by Dan Sugrue | Sep 27, 2013 | General Legal
On October 12, at the Cook Memorial Library in Libertyville, at 9;00 am is the Kenneth Varney Educational series Free Fall Forum. The topic will be advances in Down Syndrome Research. I encourage everyone to attend. The main speaker will be Bob Schoen, the President...
by Dan Sugrue | Jun 1, 2013 | Bankruptcy Law, General Legal
The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois, just ruled on a case regarding a motion for relief from stay, but with a twist. In almost every case, it’s the creditor who’s asking for relief from the automatic stay after a debtor...
by Dan Sugrue | Aug 8, 2012 | Bankruptcy Law, General Legal
The U.S. Bankruptcy court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled in the case of City of Chicago v. Norman Paul Wexler, 12 A 338, that the Chapter 7 trustee could not intervene in the adversary proceeding filed by the City of Chicago against the debtor, Norman...
by Dan Sugrue | Aug 7, 2012 | General Legal, Personal Injury Law
MHM Services v. Assurance Company of America involves a dispute over liability coverage of an umbrella policy for MHM Services, a company that screens inmates for the Illinois Department of Corrections that are nearing the end of their term, but are eligible for...
by Dan Sugrue | Jul 25, 2012 | General Legal
In Gerard Kenny v. Kenny Industries, 2012 IL App (1st) 111782, the Court ruled that members of a share purchase agreement cannot assign a debt owed to them arising out of one cause of action to use as a set off against a judgment in another cause of action because the...
