Judge Barry L. Vaughan appointed to Illinois Appellate Court Judge Vaughan will begin serving on the Appellate Court effective January 4, 2021. (Source: Pexels) By Jessica Ladd | December 13, 2020 at 1:02 PM CST - Updated December 13 at 1:02 PM
ILLINOIS (KFVS) - Chief Judge Tom Tedeschi announced that the Illinois Supreme Court has assigned Hamilton County Resident Circuit Judge Barry L. Vaughan to the Illinois Appellate Court-Fifth District per an order entered by the Illinois Supreme Court.
Judge Vaughan will begin serving on the Appellate Court effective January 4, 2021.
Chief Judge Tedeschi stated, “I wish to congratulate Judge Vaughan on his appointment and note that this is well deserved. Judge Vaughan has served the Second Judicial Circuit of Illinois in an exemplary manner. He is the definition of an outstanding jurist and he will most definitely be an asset to the Appellate Court of Illinois. We will miss his service here in the trial courts of the Second Judi
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ELGIN, Ill. (Legal Newsline) – Attorneys representing a health care provider went too far during closing arguments, and an Illinois man will get a second chance to prove it is liable for his injuries.
The Second District of the Illinois Appellate Court ruled Dec. 7 that lawyers representing Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital played to the jury’s emotions in an improper fashion and ordered a retrial.
Those lawyers, of the Chicago firm Johnson & Bell, told jurors it would take nurse Lisa Begler years to earn the amount of money in damages requested by plaintiff Michael Konewko. But Begler wasn’t a defendant – only the hospital was.