Moore
The Fifth District Appellate Court held that punitive damages are recoverable in legal malpractice cases, concluding that in such circumstances the punitive damages are “compensatory in nature.”
“In short, we agree that punitive damages that are assessed against a litigant as a proximate result of the professional negligence of its attorney are not, in the context of a subsequent legal malpractice action against the attorney, punitive in nature but are, indeed, compensatory in nature and therefore not barred …” wrote Justice James Randy Moore in the ruling.
Moore delivered the April 28 opinion with justices Mark Boie and John Barberis concurring.
Finney
EDWARSVILLE A trucking company and its driver are facing a suit alleging a motorist was injured a collision with a tractor trailer.
Neelima Madala filed a complaint April 28 in the Madison County Circuit Court against Sodrel Truck Lines and Stephen M. Forrest, alleging negligence.
According to Madala s complaint, she was driving her vehicle on I-55 in Collinsville Township on Sept. 13, 2019. She alleges Forrest, who was driving a tractor trailer for Sodrel Truck Lines, collided with her vehicle and caused her to suffer permanent injuries.
Madala claims Forrest failed to yield the right of way and failed to keep control of the tractor trailer, which he was driving at a speed greater than reasonable and proper. She alleges the defendants are also negligent for failing to equip the tractor trailer with adequate brakes and failing to swerve or avoid the collision.
Moore
The Fifth District Appellate Court held that punitive damages are recoverable in legal malpractice cases, concluding that in such circumstances the punitive damages are “compensatory in nature.”
“In short, we agree that punitive damages that are assessed against a litigant as a proximate result of the professional negligence of its attorney are not, in the context of a subsequent legal malpractice action against the attorney, punitive in nature but are, indeed, compensatory in nature and therefore not barred …” wrote Justice James Randy Moore in the ruling.
Moore delivered the April 28 opinion with justices Mark Boie and John Barberis concurring.
EDWARDSVILLE A Marymac employee claims her employer violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) by collecting and storing employee fingerprint scans without consent.
Danielle Stone, on behalf of herself and other persons similarly situated, filed a complaint April 15 in the Madison County Circuit Court against Marymac Inc., and Mary N. Murray, alleging violation of BIPA.
Stone alleges in her complaint that she and certain other Marymac employees were required to use punch-clock fingerprint scans at their job sites. She claims employees were not informed in writing about the collection of their biometric data. She also alleges they did not give their consent for their information to be collected, stored and used.
Whatâs going on with Cantonâs Democratic Party? City leaders have varying opinions. Sign out front of Canton City Hall. (Source: WLBT) By Anthony Warren | April 27, 2021 at 4:37 PM CDT - Updated April 27 at 5:46 PM
CANTON, Miss. (WLBT) - For Marion Freeman, itâs like Jim Crow all over again.
The 74-year-old member of Cantonâs Democratic Executive Committee remembers when Black people couldnât vote ⦠when African Americans were forced to endure near-impossible litmus tests for the chance to cast a ballot.
âThey brought in a selected group of Black people to the courthouse to count jelly beans in a jar,â he said, sitting at a corner table at Merri Pennieâs Tea Room on the Square.