Writing the Case Brief

Listed below is an Illinois case. Find the case using LexisAdvance. You are to brief the case using the 11 Part Brief format as outlined in the reading. Please note that in the Issue Section of your Case Brief you must frame the issue using the 123 Method as outlined in the lecture. In the updating section use Shepard’s citator to make sure the case is still good law and see if there is a more recent case that discusses the key issue in each case.

Curatola v. Niles, 154 Ill.2d 201, 608 N.E.2d 882 (1993)