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COOK COUNTY MANDATORY ARBITRATION ARBITRATOR REFRESHER TRAINING 1:00 — 1:05 Mandatory Arbitration in Illinois — Judge James Snyder Applicable Statutes, Supreme Court Rules and Circuit Court Rules 1:05 — 1:15 Your Role as an Arbitrator Judge Catherine Schneider Judge Schneider will address arbitrator conduct and expectations under the Illinois Code of Judicial Conduct, including in cases involving LEP litigants and self represented parties 1:15 — 1:35 The Arbitration Hearing — Judge Catherine Schneider Using a Mock Arbitration Scenario, Judge Schneider will cover pre-hearing steps, motions during hearing, what to do in certain specific cases involving admitted negligence, prove up, barring orders, late arrivals and Supreme Court Rule 237 violations 1:35— 2:00 Supreme Court Rule 90(c) Packets — Judge Patrick Heneghan Using the same Mock Arbitration Scenario, Judge Heneghan will discuss how SCR 90(c) covers certain items of evidence in arbitration hearings, including presumed admissibility, objections, written statements and depositions, estimates vs. paid bills, photographs and police reports 2:00 — 2:35 Evidentiary Matters - Judge John OMeara Judge O’Meara will review types of evidentiary matters that occur in arbitration hearings and how to properly handle them as an arbitrator/neutral, using the Mock Arbitration scenario as an example 2:35 — 2:50 Entering the Award - Judge Patrick Heneghan Judge Heneghan will cover the steps arbitrators should take in order to write proper and complete awards including how to balance good vs. bad faith participation under SCR 91 2:50 — 3:00 Top Ten Rules for Being an Effective Arbitrator Kimberly Atz O’Brien Ms. O’Brien will finish the course with the most common issues and concerns that occur during arbitration and how arbitrators can avoid these pitfalls
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COOK COUNTY MANDATORY ARBITRATIONARBITRATOR REFRESHER TRAINING
1:00 — 1:05 Mandatory Arbitration in Illinois — Judge James SnyderApplicable Statutes, Supreme Court Rules and Circuit Court Rules
1:05 — 1:15 Your Role as an Arbitrator Judge Catherine SchneiderJudge Schneider will address arbitrator conduct and expectations under theIllinois Code of Judicial Conduct, including in cases involving LEP litigants andself represented parties
1:15 — 1:35 The Arbitration Hearing — Judge Catherine SchneiderUsing a Mock Arbitration Scenario, Judge Schneider will cover pre-hearing steps,motions during hearing, what to do in certain specific cases involving admittednegligence, prove up, barring orders, late arrivals and Supreme Court Rule 237violations
1:35— 2:00 Supreme Court Rule 90(c) Packets — Judge Patrick HeneghanUsing the same Mock Arbitration Scenario, Judge Heneghan will discuss howSCR 90(c) covers certain items of evidence in arbitration hearings, includingpresumed admissibility, objections, written statements and depositions, estimatesvs. paid bills, photographs and police reports
2:00 — 2:35 Evidentiary Matters - Judge John OMearaJudge O’Meara will review types of evidentiary matters that occur in arbitrationhearings and how to properly handle them as an arbitrator/neutral, using theMock Arbitration scenario as an example
2:35 — 2:50 Entering the Award - Judge Patrick HeneghanJudge Heneghan will cover the steps arbitrators should take in order to writeproper and complete awards including how to balance good vs. bad faithparticipation under SCR 91
2:50 — 3:00 Top Ten Rules for Being an Effective Arbitrator Kimberly Atz O’BrienMs. O’Brien will finish the course with the most common issues and concernsthat occur during arbitration and how arbitrators can avoid these pitfalls
PRESENTER BIOGRAPHIES
Judge Schneider Short Biography
Judge Catherine A. Schneider has served as a Circuit Judge in the Circuit Court of Cook Countysince December, 2016. She currently is assigned to courtroom 1501 in the First MunicipalDistrict, which is the motion and trial assignment room for all the First Municipal cases going tomandatory arbitration and trial. Judge Schneider received her JD from Loyola UniversityChicago School of Law in 1994, and began her legal career in private practice handling insurancedefense litigation cases. Her practice subsequently included landlord tenant litigation,commercial collection litigation, and commercial and residential real estate transactions. Forthe last 10 years of her practice before joining the bench, Judge Schneider led the work of anon-profit legal aid organization to provide legal services to self-represented litigants appearingin the Circuit Court of Cook County. In her role as supervising attorney, Judge Schneidersupervised the staff and operations of the Court’s Municipal Court Advice Desk, drafted formpleadings for self-represented litigants, trained and supervised volunteer attorneys, lawstudents and law fellows, and advised self-represented litigants. Judge Schneider is the CoChair of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice Forms Committee andChair of that group’s Civil Procedure Forms Committee. Judge Schneider also serves on theCircuit Court of Cook County Pro Se Advisory Committee.
Judge Heneghan Short Biography
Judge Patrick J. Heneghan has served as an Associate Judge on the Circuit Court of Cook Countysince May, 2016 and is currently assigned to the First Municipal District where he hears postjudgment civil cases. Before that, he was in private practice for over thirty years with theChicago law firm of Schopf & Weiss, where he was a partner. He has litigated hundreds ofcomplex commercial cases involving antitrust, securities fraud, RICO, insurance coverage,commercial torts, contract disputes, distributorship agreements, partnership disputes, andrelated matters in state and federal courts across the country. For each of the five years beforehe was appointed to the bench, Judge Heneghan was named by SuperLawyers as one of the“Top 100 Lawyers in Illinois.”
Judge OMeara Short Biography
Judge John A. O’Meara was appointed to the bench in 2016 and has been assigned to the FirstMunicipal Division. He is currently assigned to a non-jury courtroom where he presides overtrials in a wide variety of cases. Prior to joining the bench, Judge O’Meara was a partner atCurcio Law Offices where he focused on personal injury litigation. Judge O’Meara has tried over75 jury trials to verdict. Judge O’Meara was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1995 following hisgraduation from John Marshall Law School. Judge O’Meara was also admitted to the Californiabar in 2003.
Kimberly Atz O’Brien Short Biography
Ms. O’Brien was appointed administrator of Cook County’s Mandatory Arbitration Program in1999 after serving as a law clerk for former Cook County Chief Judge Donald P. O’Connell andfor former Presiding Judge of the Law Division, Judith Cohen. Presently under the direction ofcurrent Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans and Presiding Judges E. Kenneth Wright,James Flannery, Moshe Jacobius and Mary Ellen Coghlan, Ms. O’Brien administers multiplecourt programs including the Mandatory Arbitration Program for the Municipal Department,the Commercial Calendar Mandatory Arbitration Program for the Law Division, as well as theCourt-Annexed Mediation Programs for the Law Division the Chancery Division and the ProbateDivision. Ms. O’Brien received her undergraduate degree, cum laude, from Arizona StateUniversity in Tempe, Arizona and her law degree, magna cum laude, from The John MarshallLaw School in Chicago, being admitted to the Illinois bar in 1996 after graduation.
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rv
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aid:
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bill
has
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lity,
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men
ts.
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TIO
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G:
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.
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Chairperson swears in the witnesses: Any person who is going to testify today,please raise your tight hand. Do you solemnly sweat to tell the ttuth, the wholetruth and nothing but the truth?
Chairperson asks plaintiff if she wants to make an opening statement
Plaintiff Attorney: Good morning. This case involves a motor vehicle accident.The evidence today will show that the Plaintiff, Dorothy, was driving her vehicle
in a westerly direction on the yellow brick road, approaching apple orchardintersection. The intersection has no traffic controls. Cowardly lion wastraveling in his vehicle in a southerly direction on Apple Orchard Lane. Dorothyintended to and did make a left turn to proceed southbound on Apple OrchardLane when Lion, at a high rate of speed, and in failing to give Dorothy the rightof way, collided with the passenger side of Dorothy’s vehicle. The evidence willshow that as a result of the impact, Dorothy was jerked about in the vehiclecausing injury to her neck and cervical spine. She was caused to treat at theemergency room and had follow up treatment with her treating physician, TinMan. After examination and diagnosis, Dorothy was treated by the Tin Manover a course of 6 months with various modalities to address the injury, painand discomfort. Dorothy also was unable to work on her farm for 6 weeks,accruing lost income, and her vehicle was damaged, but repaired. Plaintiff hassubmitted a 90(c) packet which details the medical treatments and Tin Man’sbill, the details of her lost income and the repairs to her vehicle at the LollipopGuild Garage. At the close of the hearing the Plaintiff will be asking for a findingin her favor and a judgment in an amount commensurate with her injuries anddamages.
Chairperson asks defendant if he wishes to make and opening statement
Defense Attorney: Good morning. Defendant believes the evidence will showthat Dorothy contributed to this accident with her actions, including failing tokeep a lookout and failure to give the right of way to Cowardly Lion. Defendantwill also show that much of the treatment from Tin Man was unnecessary andthat her lost income claim is non-existent. Defense has included photographs ofthe scene, the vehicles involved and the police report in his 90(c).
Chairperson asks the Plaintiff to begin its case in chief:
Plaintiff’s attorney: First the Plaintiff objects to the photographs and the policereport in the 90(c) and ask that they be stricken.
Defense attorney: Well the police report will help the panel to understand howthe scene is laid out and you will note that no one left the scene in an
ambulance. The photos of the scene will help the panel understand what itlooked like and the photos of the vehicle show the points of impact.
Panel reserves ruling on the 90(c) and asks Plaintiff to begin her case in chief.
Plaintiff calls Dorothy
Dorothy upon direct explains she was traveling to Munchkinland to see Glindafor lunch. She explains the speed limit on yellow brick road for westboundtraffic at apple orchard was 25 and she was traveling approximately that speed.There was no traffic control for westbound traffic at apple orchard, and she
thinks none for southbound traffic on apple orchard. She intended to turn left atapple orchard and when she made her left turn she was hit by Cowardly Lion,who had been southbound on Apple Orchard. She states that it was a heavyimpact to the middle of the passenger side of her vehicle. She was jerkedabout in the car both front and back and to the left and right. She had her seatbelt on. She did go to the emergency room on the date of the accident. Therethey examined her and she had an xray of her neck. She followed up with theTin Man and saw him 3X per week for 4 months and then 2X per week for about2 months when she started feeling better. She had terrible pain in her neck andupper back at first. She has a farm and mainly raises chickens. She was notable to look after them as she was in too much pain. She had to hire a hand todo that for about 6 weeks. She was still able to sell the eggs, but lost her profitbecause she had to pay the hand. She took her car to Lollipop Guild GarageThere was damage to the passenger side of her car that was repaired. Her billsare as follows:
ER $1200Tin Man $8,500Lost Income $500Vehicle repair $3,300
Plaintiff asks the panel to consider the bills and medical records to establish thatthe treatment was related to the accident and that it was reasonable andnecessary. Plaintiff makes a similar request as to the lost income and vehiclerepair as well.Defense counsel objects to the unpaid medical bills.
On cross examination of Dorothy defense counsel establishes: Dorothy didn’tsee Lion before the collision; She didn’t go the ER from the scene because shethought she would be ok. Her car was driveable. After lunch with Glinda shefelt sick and sore, so she went to the hospital. She had never treated with TinMan before. She wasn’t sure how she was referred to Tin Man, but thinksmaybe her lawyer referred her. Even though she wasn’t able to take care of thechickens, she did still keep milking the cow as she had no one to help out withthat.
Defense calls Cowardly Lion. Upon direct examination he establishes that hewas southbound on Apple Orchard approaching Yellow Brick Road. He wasfamiliar with the intersection as he passes through it every day he goes to work.This day he was heading home from work early because he had afternooncourage training classes. He says neither street has a traffic control and thespeed limit on both streets is 25 mph. He was traveling at about that speed.As he approached the intersection he saw Dorothy. He thought she would stop
to let him go through first because he thought he had the right of way. Shedidn’t stop and made a left turn in front of him. He tried to stop but hit thefront right corner of Dorothy’s car. He thought it was a low impact and he onlyhad a damaged front light and a small crack on his bumper. He got out of hisvehicle at the scene. The police came to the scene. There were no ticketsissued. He saw Dorothy walking around at the scene and talking to the police.She looked fine. No one left the scene in an ambulance. He had his vehicle
repaired and the total repairs were $800.
Plaintiff attorney objects to: how Lion thought Dorothy looked as speculation; tothe $ amount of the repairs to Lion’s car as irrelevant and not proof of anything,to the police report as hearsay, and to whether any tickets were issued asirrelevant.
On cross examination Lion admits he had to “slam on his brakes”. He alsoadmits that right before the accident he was drinking some of his V8 juicebecause it gives him energy for his courage classes.
Chairperson asks if plaintiff would like to make a closing argument
Plaintiff’s attorney argues that the evidence clearly established that CowardlyLion was going too fast and that since Dorothy was turning ahead of him sheclearly had the right of way. Lion was traveling so fast she couldn’t have seenhim and his speed accounted for the heavy impact. Lion was the sole proximatecause of the accident. Plaintiff argues that Dorothy acted reasonably eventhough she waited to see a doctor. Plaintiff stresses that she sought medicalattention when she knew she may have been injured in the accident. Sheargues that Dorothy testified she wasn’t well enough to take care of thechickens so she is clearly entitled to her lost wages and that all of the treatmentis directly related to the incident since Dorothy was tossed about in the car andhad injury and treatment to her neck and upper back. Plaintiff asks for ajudgment in her favor in the amount of $20,000 for Dorothy’s medical bills andpain and suffering, plus $500 for her lost income and for $3300 for the damageto her vehicle.
Chairperson asks if Defense would like to make a closing argument:
Defendant argues that he had the right of way as he was approaching fromDorothy’s right and that Dorothy clearly wasn’t keeping a proper lookout. Shewas also executing a left turn and should have waited for all traffic to clearbefore turning. Defendant argues that Dorothy is more than 5O% at fault forthe accident and so she is barred from recovering from Lion. Defendant arguesthat if the panel find lion partially at fault then they panel should consider thathis vehicle had only slight damage which goes to his speed being much lessthan what plaintiff argued. He argues that Dorothy couldn’t have been severelyhurt if she went out to lunch after the accident and didn’t seek treatment untilmuch later and argues that 6 months of “soft tissue manipulation” is excessivebased upon the accident. Defendant also argues that it doesn’t make sensethat Dorothy couldn’t take care of the chickens but was able to milk the cow, soshe shouldn’t recover anything for her lost wages claim. Defendant asks for ajudgment in his favor or in the alternative an amount of $5000 as proper forPLaintiff’s medical, pain and suffering, and then also incorporating on top ofthat, plaintiff’s comparative fault to the BI and PD claims.
Chairperson asks if plaintiff would like to make a rebuttal argument:
Plaintiff’s attorney adds that Dorothy was a more credible witness and so thepanel should enter an award as requested earlier.
QUESTIONS:
How do you rule on excluding from the 90(c):• Photographs of the vehicles?• Photographs of the scene?• The police report?
How do you rule on the objections:• how Lion thought Dorothy looked as speculation;• to the $ amount of the repairs to Lion’s car as irrelevant and not proof of
anything,• to the police report as hearsay, and• to whether any tickets were issued as irrelevant.
What is allotment of negligence between Dorothy and Cowardly Lion?
What amount do you believe is reasonable and fair for Dorothy’s bodily injuryclaim?
Do you think Dorothy proved lost wages as a result of the accident?
Are you going to award Dorothy damages to her vehicle?
Fill out the Judgment of Award under the fact scenario given.
WHAT IF Lion had a counterclaim for the damage to his vehicle in the amount of$1500, and provided estimates from Toto’s Garage.
WHAT IF there were a third vehicle involved: Scarecrow was also drivingsouthbound on Apple Orchard, behind Lion. Scarecrow ran into Lion, causingLion’s vehicle to collide with Dorothy’s a second time. Dorothy has sued bothLion and Scarecrow and Lion and Scarecrow both have claims for contributionagainst each other. How would you enter the Award now (same facts as before,but now Scarecrow comes along moments later and collides with Lion, pushinghim into Dorothy).
WHAT IF Dorothy’s attorney had brought a motion to strike Lion’s photographsof the vehicle from Lion’s 90(c) before arbitration and the court struck it butwithout prejudice. How would you deal with the evidence at the hearing?
WHAT IF Lion fails to attend the hearing. Lion’s attorney is present and crossexamines Plaintiff and her evidence. How will you deal with Cowardly Lion’sabsence and would you make a bad faith finding? Would you answer change ifPlaintiff had served an IL SCR 237 notice to Lion?
