August 1999
• Volume 87
• Number 8
• Pages 393-444
Practice News
406
Illinois Law Update
Plaintiff must show physical contact or threat of physicalcontact to recover for intentional infliction of emotional distress under the Federal Employers' Liability Act; and more.
This month's Journal features an article by Chicago trial judge Barbara McDonald on a much-discussed topic of late among tort practitioners ; the fifth district's Brown v Baker decision and its impact on the same-part-of-the-body rule.
As I sit at my computer today facing a blank screen and the knowledge that my President's Page is now past due, I am suddenly conscious of the public focus on our profession these recent days.
You may have clients -- elderly or otherwise -- who are eligible to have Medicaid pay a portion of their Medicare costs but aren't taking advantage of the program.
