Wilson v. Hoffman Group, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “[u]nder the collateral source rule, benefits received by the injured party from a source wholly independent of, and collateral to, the tortfeasor will not diminish damages otherwise recoverable from the tortfeasor” (emphases added)
• “The law in Illinois is that a plaintiff shall have only one recovery for an injury [citation]; double recovery is a result which has been condemned [citation].”
• “double recovery is a result which has been condemned”
• \double recovery is a result which has been condemned\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

104 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Robinson v. Toyota Motor Credit Corp.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2002-05-23· cited 410×
• Ziarko v. Soo Line Railroad
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1994-06-16· cited 240×
• Healy v. Vaupel
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1990-01-17· cited 212×
• Pasquale v. Speed Products Engineering
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1995-08-10· cited 165×
• William P. Wilson v. John G. Wilson, Thomas S. Wilson, and Fsw, Incorporated
  Seventh Circuit· 1995-02-01· cited 102×
• Lewis v. Lead Industries Ass'n
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2020-05-21· cited 99×
• Arthur v. Catour
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2005-07-21· cited 95×
• Wills v. Foster
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2008-06-19· cited 91×
• Babb v. City of Champaign
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1994-09-29· cited 91×
• Johnson v. United Airlines
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2003-01-24· cited 86×
• Carlile v. Snap-On Tools
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1995-03-23· cited 74×
• Eastman v. Messner
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1999-12-02· cited 61×
• Halleck v. Coastal Building Maintenance Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1995-03-13· cited 61×
• Dubina v. Mesirow Realty Development, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2001-07-26· cited 57×
• Clark v. Children's Memorial Hospital
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2011-05-06· cited 55×
• McDermott v. Metropolitan Sanitary District
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-12-04· cited 54×
• Geer v. Kadera
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1996-09-19· cited 49×
• F.H. Prince & Co. v. Towers Financial Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1995-09-29· cited 48×
• Sterling Radio Stations, Inc. v. Weinstine
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2002-01-31· cited 48×
• Gallagher v. Lenart
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2006-08-30· cited 45×

Cites

23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ballweg v. City of Springfield
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1986-10-17· cited 238×
• Doyle v. Rhodes
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1984-01-20· cited 237×
• Rakowski v. Lucente
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1984-11-30· cited 203×
• Bernier v. Burris
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1986-06-20· cited 177×
• Ullman v. Wolverine Insurance
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1970-10-07· cited 116×
• Peterson v. Lou Bachrodt Chevrolet Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1979-06-26· cited 112×
• Palmer v. Avco Distributing Corp.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1980-10-17· cited 103×
• Dial v. City of O'Fallon
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1980-09-29· cited 96×
• Barreto v. City of Waukegan
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1985-05-07· cited 87×
• Williams v. Crickman
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1980-05-30· cited 55×
• Bryntesen v. Carroll Construction Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1963-03-25· cited 50×
• LeMaster v. Amsted Industries, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1982-11-10· cited 45×
• Rhodes v. Industrial Commission
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1982-10-22· cited 42×
• Popovich v. Ram Pipe & Supply Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1980-10-17· cited 38×
• Dixon v. Northwestern Publishing Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1988-02-03· cited 32×
• Perez v. Espinoza
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1985-10-23· cited 29×
• Mid-American Lines, Inc. v. Industrial Commission
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1980-09-29· cited 23×
• Danny Stifle v. Marathon Petroleum Company, Defendant-Third-Party v. Insulating & Materials Corporation, Third-Party
  Third Circuit· 1989-06-26· cited 21×
• Ballweg v. City of Springfield
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1985-02-08· cited 21×
• Ellis v. E. W. Bliss & Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1988-08-09· cited 10×