On Nov. 20, 2023, the Fifth District of the Illinois Appellate Court held that out-of-state drop service in an individual’s general vicinity can constitute in-person service consistent with section 2-208 of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure.

On Nov. 7, 2023, the Second District of the Illinois Appellate Court held that no relief is due when an attorney fails to timely refile a rejected complaint and no mitigating reason exists to account for a mistake in that attorney’s initial last-minute filing.

On Oct. 26, 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court held that a plaintiff who unknowingly files a lawsuit against a deceased defendant may move to appoint a special representative to defend the lawsuit.

On July 31, 2023, the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court held that when a certified driving abstract from the Office of the Secretary of State is admitted at trial it does not violate the defendant’s constitutional right to confrontation.

On June 6, 2023, the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court held that when imprisonment is ordered to enforce an indirect civil contempt order, the conditions of release must be contingent upon purging the contempt by compliance with the original order.

On Nov. 14, the Fourth District of the Illinois Appellate Court held that the doctrine of res judicata did not bar plaintiffs from refiling a complaint that the plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed four years earlier.

On June 1, the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court held that a body-attachment order was properly issued to effectuate an order of civil contempt.

On Feb. 17, 2022, the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court held that Illinois law does not allow for service by electronic mail when third parties have not yet appeared before the court.

On Feb. 4, 2022, the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court held that successive postjudgment motions do not toll time for filing a notice of appeal.

On Jan. 21, 2022, the Illinois Supreme Court affirmed the trial and the Second District of the Illinois Appellate Court’s decision holding that a petition for relief from a void judgment under section 2-1401(f) of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure was subject to dismissal based on laches.

This Act amends the Code of Civil Procedure. It provides that anything said or done in preparation of a restorative-justice practice, as a follow-up to the practice, or in relation to the practice having been planned is privileged information.

The Illinois General Assembly amended the Code of Civil Procedure by modifying rules for interest on judgments. In all civil actions seeking recovery from personal injury or wrongful death through negligence, strict liability, wanton or willful misconduct, or intentional conduct, the plaintiff is entitled to recover prejudgment interest on all damages

On May 20, 2021, the Illinois Supreme Court reversed and remanded an Illinois Appellate Court’s decision holding that the “test the waters” doctrine was a valid basis for denying a party’s motion for substitution of judge as of right under section 2-1001(a)(2) of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure.

On Sept. 21, 2020, the Third District of the Illinois Appellate Court held that a trial court has discretion to dismiss a medical malpractice case without prejudice for untimely filing an affidavit required under 735 ILCS 5/2-622 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

On April 28, 2020, the Second District Appellate Court held that interest did not begin to accrue on a $1.5 million general jury verdict until the appellate court reversed the circuit court’s overturning of the general verdict.

The Illinois General Assembly amended the Code of Civil Procedure to significantly limit the admissibility of evidence related to a person’s immigration status.

On Dec. 24, 2019, the First District Appellate Court affirmed the trial court’s denial of a mistrial in a medical malpractice case for negligence, finding that the court did not abuse its discretion.

The Illinois General Assembly amended the Code of Civil Procedure regarding the requirement of publication notice in a newspaper for certain individuals applying for a name change.