People v. Hammonds, No. 1-08-0194 (February 11, 2010). In a criminal case, appellate court seems to have upheld the “Cook County Rule” that it is not error for the trial court to have allowed police officers to testify about radio messages they received from other officers, as the other officers were also trial witnesses.
Agins v. Schonberg, No. 1-08-3207 (1st Dist. Dec. 23, 2009). Counsel for estate of deceased physician who was suing another physician for malpractice waived the protections of the Dead Man’s Act (which prevents a living party from testifying to certain things that occurred during the life of, and in the presence of, the deceased) by [...]