E-mail and related technology have created multi-faceted issues for public employers and legal practitioners. The article examines the issue of e-mail communications from the perspective of public records and public meeting ...

Although debit cards may closely resemble credit cards in appearance, consumer liability for unauthorized use is not similar and the payment transaction initiated through use is very different. In response to the increasing ...

This comment examines health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and other managed care entities and the defenses used to escape liability in medical malpractice suits. Texas became the first State to pass legislation that ...

This article analyzes liability of owners and operators of underground storage tanks for tank leakage. Theories of liability include the federal Resource, Conservation and Recovery Act ("RCRA"), breach of contract, negligence, ...

This article examines the state of law for landowner liability caused by the release or threat of release of "hazardous substances" in Illinois prior to the enactment of the Brownfields Act. It demonstrates the inadequacies ...

Potential Illinois landowners have been fearful of redeveloping urban industrial area since the advent of the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act ("CERCLA"). Landowners feared the astronomical ...

This comment examines the growing frequency of violent crimes at automated teller machines (ATMs). The comment analyzes the potential theories of placing liability on financial institutions and identifies the existing ...

This article examines Illinois common law theories of liability for owners and operators of leaking underground storage tanks. Specifically, this article explores trespass, nuisance, negligence, and strict liability as ...

Since the 1960's, courts have embraced rules imposing "strict liability" on manufacturers for defective products while eschewing traditional negligence rules. This shift has generated considerable scholarship. Much of this ...

This Legislative Note discusses the new Illinois Drug Induced Homicide Statute that went into effect January 1, 1989. The Note traces the common law history of imposing homicide liability on drug suppliers for drug-related ...