255 Ill. App. 3d 910 - Malone v. Papesh’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 240 Ill. App. 3d 266 - Sohaey v. Van Cura · 99 Ill. 2d 353 - Ashford v. Ziemann · 147 Ill. App. 3d 168 - Fischer v. G & S BUILDERS · 207 Ill. App. 3d 315 - Oldenburg v. Hagemann · 228 Ill. App. 3d 605 - Kubiak v. City of Kewanee
Most-quoted passages
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“"[T]here was no excuse for going to trial and forcing the plaintiff and the judiciary to expend their resources when counsel for defendants had prepared no defenses. *** Had a reasonable investigation been conducted by Moss & Hillison in advance of trial, it would have been obvious that, at best, only the amount of damages was arguable. Under the circumstances, the court was justified in ruling that defense counsel’s insistence that the case proceed to trial was a waste of judicial time.” Malone, 255 Ill. App. 3d at 915 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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