AG Raoul alleges chemical company knew contamination was inevitable at a manufacturing plant in Sauget, near St. Louis. Monsanto says the lawsuit is seeking to punish them for making and selling products widely used by industry and the U.S. government during times of war.
The lawsuit, which was originally filed in Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago, centers on alleged contamination that occurred in St. Clair County, near St. Louis. The federal judge rejected efforts by the Attorney General to get the case sent back to Cook County court
A former patient of an Elk Grove Village medical center alleges he contracted a bacterial infection because of the use of a device during open-chest surgery.
A woman is suing Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago for allegedly taking insufficient measures to prevent her infant son's death.
A deceased patient's family is suing Advocate South Suburban Hospital and Advocate Medical Group, and others, for allegedly failing to diagnosis an antibiotic-resistant MRSA bacterial infection after the patient allegedly told the medical staff she had been exposed to the bacteria.
A patient is suing NorthShore University HealthSystem and Jeffrey A. Grinblatt M.D.for allegedly taking insufficient measures to timely diagnosis him with cancer after Grinblatt reportedly cancelled the analysis of a prostate screening without notifying the patient.
A married couple's lawsuit against Family Medical Center of Lagrange Ltd.; Michael Dupont, M.D.; Deborah Sleeper, PA; Scott Robertson, D.O.; and Daniel Chen, D.O., alleges the medical professionals and facilities should be held responsible for alleging diagnosing a man's prostate cancer too slowly.
A New Lenox man paralyzed in a boating accident in 2009 has sued his former lawyers and a Cook County Circuit Court clerk, saying he is owed $25 million after a judge, upon learning the court clerk had improperly passed jury information to one of the lawyers, tossed a settlement agreement the man had reached with the maker of the yacht on which he was injured.
Two representatives of a deceased woman's estate have filed a wrongful death claim against The Northwestern Medical Group, alleging negligence in medical care.
CHICAGO – A traveler from Paris is suing United Airlines, alleging he was served an ice cream sundae containing shards of glass while aboard a flight from Chicago to Los Angeles.
A Rockford area dermatology practice is suing a Massachusetts precision surgical tool manufacturer, alleging the company sold a laser tattoo removal tool to the clinic and hundreds of other clinics, yet knew the product did not eliminate or remove tattoos.
A second request to bump Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd A. Karmeier from the bench during the court's impending review of the decade-old, $10.1 billion legal battle over light cigarette labeling "is just as cynical and dishonest as first motion was," Philip Morris USA asserts in a recent filing to the high court.
