Recent News About Illinois' 19th Judicial Circuit
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The firearms maker will argue a federal judge erred in deciding the lawsuits on behalf of victims of the July 4, 2022, Highland Park parade massacre don't represent an illegal attempt to sidestep federal law and trample the Second Amendment
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Walgreens has won the chance to ask the state high court to decide if plaintiffs' lawyers can press big money class actions in Illinois state courts under a federal identity protection law, despite no harm caused by a technical violation of the law, and despite rulings across the country that they can't do so
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A federal judge rejected Smith & Wesson's claims the lawsuits vs the gun maker represent an attempt by anti-gun activists to sidestep federal law and restrict Second Amendment rights
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An appeals court has ruled a Chicago insurer does not have to defend a suburban medical sterilizer company, against a suit claiming plant emissions caused cancer, saying the emissions began before the policy took effect.
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The state high court's inability to rule on the hotly contested gun rights question means the ruling of two justices on a state appeals court will decide whether Deerfield's assault weapons ban was legally enacted
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Class action lawsuits accused Six Flags of including too many card digits on customer receipts. A settlement would allow Six Flags to pay $450,000 to customers, but $1.7 million to the lawyers who filed the lawsuits, to end the court fight.
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Six Flags Great America members and pass holders who visited the park from 2013-2018 could be in line for cash payments of $60-$200. Lawyers could get $12 million.
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The origin and purpose of new legislation to redistrict Lake County's court system remains shrouded in questions, as the county's chief judge says it wasn't needed to solve any problems.
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An appeals panel has ordered a man, who is alleging Six Flags Great America didn't prevent an attack on his family at its park in Gurnee, to turn over mental health records for his wife, whom he claims committed suicide as a result of the attack.
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A Lake County company has asked the Illinois Supreme Court to declare a state agency wrongly rewrote a state law in deciding to award a license for a cannabis cultivation facility to a competitor looking to operate a site in Aurora.
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