Published opinions from 1992. The case name opens the case page.
December 4, 1992154 Ill. 2d 90
The court held that environmental cleanup liability could fall within the policies’ coverage even when the underlying actions sought equitable relief, and that “sudden” in the standard pollution exclusion was ambiguous and meant unexpected or unintended.
November 19, 1992153 Ill. 2d 76
The Illinois Supreme Court reversed the appellate and circuit court judgments that had ordered the Department of Professional Regulation to issue Bruce Abrahamson a medical license, and affirmed the Department's denial of his application.
The Illinois Supreme Court held that the appellate court erred when it reversed a jury verdict for the defendant in this auto-negligence action: by finding the verdict against the manifest weight of the evidence and remanding solely for a determination of damages, the appellate court effectively entered a judgment…