Governor Pritzker recently signed Senate Bill 243 (“S.B. 243”) into law. As introduced to the legislature, S.B. 243 was intended to amend the Open Meetings Act and allow alternative means of attendance for members...
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The Illinois Supreme Court recently issued a decision in favor of school districts in Haase v. Kankakee School District 111, 2025 IL 131420. The decision arose from a lawsuit filed by a junior high student injured during a...
Parks and Wreck: Local Park District Absolved of Any Liability from Plaintiff’s Fall Under Premises Liability Theory
Nov 24, 2025
The Illinois Court of Appeals recently affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment in a case concerning premise liability for public entities. Wright v. Gurnee Park District, 2025 IL App. (2d) 240687. Amanda...
Board members often find that the least exciting part of governing an association is also one of the most important: insurance and managing risk. Questions about who provides insurance for the exterior, what happens after a...
Lights Out on Liability Illinois: Appellate Court Expands Immunity for Failing to Initiate Traffic Control Procedures
Nov 20, 2025
The Illinois Appellate Court reversed the district court’s decision regarding tort immunity following a crash with a downed light pole. Eddington v. City of Springfield, 2025 IL App. (4th) 241630. In April 2021, Officer...
From IFR to ADS-B, ATIS to NOTAMs, and even the occasional squawk of “VFR flight following,” aviation is its own language, inclusive of countless abbreviations and specialized language that can sound like alphabet soup to