Saying design professionals shouldn’t be “subject to the whims” of cagey property owners, the state’s top court has made it easier for them to get paid if their projects are stalled or canceled.Chief Justice Rita B. Garman wrote in the Illinois Supreme Court’s latest batch of rulings that state law allows architects, surveyors and others to place liens on projects even if they haven’t made physical changes or increased the value of the property.The unanimous 11-page decision says that …