SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois confirmed its first coronavirus cases outside the Chicago area Tuesday, as the state’s infection tally hit 19, and the governor raised questions about whether large-scale gatherings such as the city’s upcoming St. Patrick’s Day celebrations can go ahead.
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Probate Division 50 West Washington Street Richard J. Daley Center Office of the Presiding Judge - Suite 1803 Chicago, Illinois 60602 (312) 603-7546 (312) 603-6673 TTY (312) 603-6721 Fax Honorable Daniel B. Malone Acting Presiding Judge. Mar 05, 2020 Illinois' first two cases, a husband and wife, have both recovered. Ezike noted that the third and fourth cases, confirmed last weekend, are a Cook County couple in their 70s.
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker and health officials said at a news conference in Chicago that two of eight new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in people in suburbs outside Cook County, and that neither knowingly traveled to an affected area or had contact with an infected person.
Given the concerns about the possibility of viral transmission at large gatherings, Pritzker said government officials and organizers of this weekend’s popular St. Patrick’s Day celebration in Chicago are discussing its fate. An announcement was expected.
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“As you saw, Boston and Dublin have both canceled their St Patrick’s Day celebrations,” Pritzker said. “I want to keep people safe and I think we’ve got to follow the guidance that medical experts give us.”
The new coronavirus that has sickened thousands across the globe causes only mild or moderate symptoms such as fever and cough for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia, and can sometimes be fatal.
The vast majority of people recover. According to the World Health Organization, people with mild illness recover in about two weeks, while those with more severe illness may take three to six weeks to recover. In mainland China, where the virus first exploded, more than 80,000 people have been diagnosed and more than 58,000 have so far recovered.
State and Chicago public health officials reported eight new cases Tuesday, including a woman in her 60s from west-suburban Kane County and a teenage male from McHenry County northwest of Chicago. Neither had traveled to an area affected by COVID-19 nor had any connection to someone previously diagnosed.
“As anticipated, we have reached the point where we are likely to see additional cases, reflecting additional spread within the communities each day forward,” Pritzker said.
The other new cases were all reported in Cook County, including a male in his 70s, a woman in her 60s, a woman and a man in their 40s; and two Chicago residents, men in their 40s.
“Public health officials are investigating the travel history of all the new cases, as well as any contacts with a known case,” said Dr. Ngozi Ezike, the state public health director. “All the new cases are in isolation, either at home or in a hospital, and are doing well.”
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Daley Center is the central court house, and one of six courthouses for the County
One of the Circuit Court's courthouses
The Circuit Court of Cook County is the largest of the 24 circuits in Illinois as well as one of the largest unified court systems in the United States — second only in size to the Superior Court of Los Angeles County since that court merged with other courts in 1998.
The Cook County Circuit Court was created through a 1964 amendment to the Illinois Constitution which reorganized the courts of Illinois.[1] The amendment effectively merged the often confusing and overlapping jurisdictions of Cook County's 161 courts, which were organized as municipal courts and specialized courts, into one uniform and cohesive court of general jurisdiction, organized into divisions, under the administration of one chief judge.
More than 2.4 million cases are filed every year. To accommodate its vast caseload, the Circuit Court of Cook County is organized into three functional departments: County, Municipal, and Juvenile Justice and Child Protection.[2]
As of December 2014, the court has 402 judges.[3] Among them, 257 of the judges are circuit judges, who are elected for six-year terms either at-large from across the entire county, or from one of the court's 15 residential subcircuits. Circuit judges must be retained by voters every six years. The Illinois Supreme Court can fill circuit judge vacancies between elections. Any court-appointed judges must go before voters at the next available primary and general election in even-numbered year.
As of December 2014, seven judges currently elected as circuit judges are instead serving as justices on the Illinois Appellate Court's First District through Supreme Court appointments. Should their term on the appellate court expire before their elected circuit court terms, they will revert to their old positions.
Another 145 judges are associate judges, elected by secret ballot among the court's circuit judges.
The circuit judges also elect among themselves a chief judge for the court, who holds the power to assign judges to various calls throughout the court. Circuit Judge Timothy C. Evans has served as chief judge since September 2001.
Dorothy Brown is the current Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County — a county-wide popularly elected position charged with managing the court's vast amounts of documents and related matters.
County Department[edit]
The County Department is divided into the following divisions: Law, Chancery, Domestic Relations, County, Probate, Criminal, Domestic Violence, and Elder Law and Miscellaneous Remedies.[4] Each division is headed by a presiding judge. The types of cases heard in each division depend on the nature of the controversy.
Law Division[edit]
The Law Division hears civil suits for recovery of monetary damages in excess of $30,000 in the city of Chicago, and in excess of $100,000 in the suburban districts, as well as many types of administrative reviews. Cases heard include: personal injury and wrongful death, motor vehicle injury, medical malpractice, legal malpractice, product liability, intentional tort, construction injuries, commercial litigation, fraud, breach of contract, breach of warranty, employment security, property damage, premises liability, and miscellaneous remedies. As of January 2018, The Honorable Judge James P. Flannery Jr., is the presiding judge of Cook County's law division, and oversees all other judges within that division.
The vast majority of cases filed, litigated, and tried in Cook County's law division take place in the Daley Center, which sits in Chicago. The Daley Center is also known as the first municipal district. In 2016, it usually took an average law division case three years to run its course from the original complaint being filed to jury verdict. Also, because of the sheer number of cases filed within the Daley Center's law division, it is broken up into two sections: The motion section and the trial section.
As of 2018, ten judges preside over the Law Division's motion section, which are all located on the Daley Center's 22nd floor. As of 2018, the Honorable Judge Kathy Flanagan is the supervising judge over the other judges presiding over cases within the Law Division's motion section.[5] Simply distilled, the job of the judges presiding over cases within the Law Division's motion section is to oversee the attorneys handling the case to ensure that they are preparing the case for trial in a timely fashion. Another equally important duty the judges in the motion section have is to hear dispositive motions, oversee discovery disputes, and adjudicate critical questions of law that only arise before a case is transferred to the a different judge in the law division's trial section. Those uninitiated and unfamiliar with practicing law in Cook County should be aware that almost all litigation concerning any given case predominantly takes place before the judge presiding over the case in the Law Division's motion section. To put this in perspective, an ordinary case will usually spend two years and 11 months being presided over by a motion section judge, before being transferred to a separate judge in the Law Division's trial section where a two-week trial before a jury will ensue.[6]
As of 2018, twenty-six judges preside over the Law Division's trial section. While Judge James P. Flannery Jr. presides over all law division cases filed in Cook County, he is also the supervising judge overseeing all judges within the Law Division's trial section at the Daley Center.[7] The job of judges presiding over a case transferred to that judge in the Law Division's trial section is to oversee the trial in the case. This includes adjudicating motions in limine, voir dire, the trial itself, and post-trial motions filed after the jury in the case has returned a verdict, if at all.
The Law Division includes Commercial Calendars, with eight assigned Commercial Calendar judges, one of whom acts as Supervising Judge (the Hon. Margaret A. Brennan as of March 2019).[8] The Commercial Calendars have specialized jurisdiction over commercial disputes, and function as a Business Court. The Commercial Calendars represent one of the oldest specialized business courts in the United States.[9]
Outside of the Daley Center, cases filed in Cook County's Law Division which takes place at any of the other five municipal court houses in Cook County are usually presided over by a single judge who presides over the case's motions and the corresponding trial.
Chancery Division[edit]
The Chancery Division hears actions and proceedings, regardless of the amount of the claim, concerning a variety of matters. The division consists two sections: General Chancery Section and the Mortgage Foreclosure/Mechanics Lien Section. The General Chancery Section hears the following types of actions: injunctions, class actions, declaratory judgments, contract matters, creditors' rights, construction of wills and trusts, trusteeships, receiverships, dissolution of partnerships and corporations, statutory and administrative reviews, and vehicle impoundments, among others.
The Mortgage Foreclosure/Mechanics Lien Section hears actions concerning the Mechanics Lien Act,[10] liens on chattels for labor or storage, other lien remedies, and all actions and related proceedings initiated under the Illinois Mortgage Foreclosure Law.[11]
Domestic Relations Division[edit]
The Domestic Relations Division hears matters concerning the family, including: dissolution of marriage, legal separation, invalidity of marriage, civil orders of protection, child support, child custody and visitation, parentage, and enforcement and modification of previously entered judgments in these matters. This division does not hear adoption or guardianship cases, which are heard in the County Division and Probate Division, respectively.
County Division[edit]
The County Division hears the following types of actions: adoption, marriage of minors, annexation and deannexation of land to a tax body, elections, inheritance taxes, mental health proceedings, real estate taxes, municipal organizations, and actions involving the forfeiture of seized property, name changes, and other matters the Circuit Court of Cook County has jurisdiction over but are not otherwise provided for.
Probate Division[edit]
The Probate Division hears matters concerning wills and administration of estates. Cases heard include: probate and contest of wills and testamentary instruments; claims against an estate arising in contract, tort or otherwise; administration of estates of decedents, disabled persons, minors and wards; contracts to make a will; construction of wills, and actions arising under the Illinois Power of Attorney Act.[12]
Criminal Division[edit]
The Criminal Division hears cases in which the State of Illinois alleges the commission of a serious criminal act (other than those heard by the Domestic Violence Division) such as armed robbery, assault, burglary, criminal sexual assault, murder, among others. This division also hears actions regarding habeas corpus and extradition in criminal matters, and petitions to expunge records of arrest. The George N. Leighton Criminal Courts Building on the southwest side, in South Lawndale houses the Criminal Division.[13]
Domestic Violence Division[edit]
The Domestic Violence Division hears both civil and criminal actions involving issues of domestic violence. Some of the types of actions this division hears are: civil orders of protection, civil no contact orders, stalking no contact orders, and criminal actions involving relationships defined by the Illinois Domestic Violence Act.[14]
Elder Law and Miscellaneous Remedies Division[edit]
The Elder Law and Miscellaneous Remedies Division hears actions and proceedings involving elderly persons. Some examples of the types of cases this division hears are: powers of attorney, cases arising under the Adult Protective Services Act,[15] domestic violence cases involving elderly persons, and certain criminal matters in which an elderly person is the victim.
Municipal Department[edit]
'The Municipal Department is divided into six geographic districts.[16] Each district is supervised by a presiding judge. The First Municipal District encompasses the City of Chicago. Municipal Districts Two through Six encompass the communities in suburban Cook County.
The Municipal Department hears civil suits for damages up to $30,000 in the First Municipal District & up to $100,000 in Municipal Districts Two through Six, and less serious criminal matters. This Department hears the following types of cases: housing, eviction proceedings, small claims, licenses, misdemeanor criminal proceedings and felony preliminary hearings other than domestic violence matters, ordinance and traffic enforcement, contract cases decided by alternative dispute resolution process, and cases subject to mandatory arbitration,[17][18] among others.
Juvenile Justice and Child Protection Department[edit]
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The Juvenile Justice and Child Protection Department is the Circuit Court of Cook County's newest department. Prior to its creation as a full-status department by then Chief Judge Donald P. O'Connell in January 1995, the Juvenile Justice and Child Protection Department was originally known as the Juvenile Justice Division and functioned as a part of the County Department. The establishment of the Juvenile Justice and Child Protection Department marked the first restructuring of the Circuit Court of Cook County in its thirty-year history.
The department is divided into two divisions: Juvenile Justice and Child Protection.[19] Each division is headed by a presiding judge.
The Juvenile Justice Division hears cases involving delinquent minors under 17 years of age. The Juvenile Justice Division also orders programs and services to rehabilitate these minors and monitors their progress through probation officers. Cases heard include: minors addicted to alcohol or other drugs, minors requiring authoritative intervention (runaways or those beyond the control of a parent, guardian or custodian), among others.
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The Child Protection Division hears cases involving child abuse, child neglect, child dependency, private guardianship, and termination of parental rights.
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The Juvenile Justice and Child Protection Resource Section serves as liaison to the academic, business and religious communities to identify and develop services and resources that will augment programs vital to juvenile justice. The section is supervised by an administrative presiding judge and is located in the Richard J. Daley Center.[20]
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The Cook County Juvenile Court was the first juvenile court established in the U.S., in 1899. During its first quarter century, its most important person was Mary Bartelme, whose official titles were Cook County Public Guardian and then (after 1913) assistant to the judge. Bartelme devoted much of her life to child welfare and the reform of juvenile laws, and became an associate justice in 1923 and presiding judge in 1927.[21]
Analysis and criticism[edit]
Accusations have been made of corruption in the Probate Division, resulting in a three-year suspension recommendation against the accusing attorney by the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission.[22]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^''Illinois Constitution, Article VI, Section 7.' (Operation)'. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^'Circuit Court of Cook County General Order 1.2 et seq'. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^http://www.cookcountycourt.org/ABOUTTHECOURT/JudgesInformation.aspx
- ^'Circuit Court of Cook County General Order 1.2, 2.1 - County Department'. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^http://www.cookcountycourt.org/JudgesPages/FlanaganKathyM.aspx
- ^http://www.illinoiscourts.gov/SupremeCourt/AnnualReport/2016/2016_Statistical_Summary.pdf
- ^http://www.cookcountycourt.org/JudgesPages/FlanneryJrJamesP.aspx
- ^'Commercial Calendars'. www.cookcountycourt.org. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ^Mitchell L. Bach and Lee Applebaum. 'A History of the Creation and Jurisdiction of Business Courts in the Last Decade, 60 Bus. Lawyer 147 (2004)'(PDF).
- ^'Mechanics Lien Act'. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^'Illinois Mortgage Foreclosure Law'. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^'Illinois Power of Attorney Act'. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^'Criminal Division'. Cook County Circuit Court. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
- ^'Illinois Domestic Violence Act'. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^'Illinois Adult Protective Services Act'. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^'Circuit Court of Cook County General Order 1.2, 2.3 - Municipal Department'. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^'Circuit Court of Cook County Local Rule 18'. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^'Illinois Supreme Court Rule 222'. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^'Circuit Court of Cook County General Order 1.2, 2.2 - Juvenile Justice and Child Protection Department'. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^'Media'. State of Illinois Circuit Court of Cook County. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
- ^Burton K (2002). 'Mother knows best: Mary Margaret Bartelme and the Chicago juvenile reform movement'(PDF). Retrieved 2009-04-11.Cite journal requires
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(help) - ^Weiss, Debra Cassens (3 December 2014). 'Suspension recommended for lawyer who blogged about probate corruption and lawyer 'feeding frenzy''. ABA Journal.
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