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After nearly thirteen months, civil jury trials in Cook County
are set to resume. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, civil
jury trials have all but stopped in Cook County courts. However,
Circuit Court of Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans and Law
Division Presiding Judge James P. Flannery, Jr. have each issued
administrative orders allowing civil jury trials to resume.
On March 23, 2021, Chief Judge Evans issued an amended
administrative order, G.A.O. 2020-07, which set May 3, 2021 as the
target date for resuming jury trials. Cook County Cir. Ct. G.A.O. 2020-07, §
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Personal Injury Protection (PIP) coverage
was first enacted in Florida in 1971. PIP is also
known as no-fault insurance, and it allows drivers and
passengers to obtain insurance benefits for medical
treatment and wage loss, regardless of negligence,
without going to court.Currently,
Florida motorists are required
to maintain auto insurance with at least $10,000 in PIP
coverage. In addition, Florida is one of
only two states that do not require drivers to maintain
bodily injury insurance coverage.
Typically, PIP covers 80% of medical costs and 60% of lost
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The state Supreme Court agreed with the Superior Court s
determination, concluding that the no-hire provision at issue is unreasonably in restraint of trade and therefore
unenforceable.
In its April 29, 2021, opinion,
Pittsburgh Logistics
Systems v. Beemac Trucking,?A.3d?, No. 31 WAP 2019, 2021 WL
1676399 (Pa. Apr. 29, 2021), the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
weighed in on whether no-hire, or no-poach, provisions
that are ancillary to a services contract between business entities
are enforceable under Pennsylvania law. The court declined to hold
such provisions
per se unenforceable. Its
answer for the clause at issue, however, was a resounding
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On April 27, an Illinois federal judge threw out a lawsuit filed
against Taft client Southern Illinois Asphalt Company, Inc.
(SIAC) following a fatal car crash on an Illinois tollway. The
plaintiffs in the suit had earlier obtained an $8.1 million dollar
damages award prior to Taft s involvement, which the Seventh
Circuit reversed on appeal and remanded to the district court to
give the plaintiffs an opportunity to replead. The district court
found plaintiffs could not state such a claim, dismissed the suit,
and awarded certain costs to the defense.