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...
Category: Publications
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
Quadrennial Years and Illegal Assessments: A Look at Passco Mellody Farm DST Trust v. Holly Kim, et al.
Nov 17, 2025
Passco Mellody Farm DST Trust v. Holly Kim, et al., IL App 240329 (2nd Dist. 2025), was recently decided by an Illinois Appellate Court. A link to the full opinion can be found here. In this case, the Plaintiff property owner
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 68 governs offers of judgments. The rule provides that if a timely pretrial offer of settlement is not accepted and “the judgment finally obtained by the offeree is not more favorable than...
Condominium and homeowners’ associations generally have the ability to create rules and regulations to protect the health, safety, and welfare of owners, as well as preserve property values, maintain neighborhood...