6-0 ruling by state high court declared the arbitration clause that would have governed claims by the woman does not apply to the same claims brought by her family, because the arbitration clause expired when the woman died.
A Coles County jury awarded Kiera Campbell, 19, and her parents, Todd and Jaime Campbell, $40 million as compensation for the severely disabling injuries she suffered as a result of delayed delivery during childbirth.
This fall, voters will have the chance to reshape the partisan makeup of the Illinois Supreme Court for the first time in modern history. Trial lawyers and other progressive special interests are pouring millions of dollars into a campaign fund to stop that
A third lawsuit has been filed against the owners of the Massage Envy Old Town location, now by a woman who claims she was inappropriately touched by a male massage therapist two years ago
Chicago nursing home plaintiffs firm Levin & Perconti says they are representing more than a dozen families of Armed Forces veterans who died at a state nursing home under the supervision of political appointees of Gov. JB Pritzker.
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, who is also chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois, has been implicated in a federal bribery investigation. Trial lawyers, however, continue to donate money to Madigan's campaign organization.
An Illinois appeals court has allowed a group of plaintiffs lawyers to tack $1.3 million on to a $4.1 million verdict against a nursing home. And the decision sets the stage for fights over whether the decision should be treated as precedent, and whether the "outdated" law which allowed the decision needs to be updated to reflect the current legal environment in Illinois.
A nursing home resident's guardian is suing Lexington Health Care Center of Chicago Ridge Inc., citing alleged common law negligence and violation of the Nursing Home Care Act.
An independent estate administrator is suing a long-term care facility, citing alleged violations of the Nursing Home Care Act, Survival Act, and Wrongful Death Act.
A man is suing The Waterford Care Center and others over the care received by a relative, who he said developed a pressure ulcer which contributed to his death.
A man is suing Ray Graham Association For People with Disabilities, in the choking death of a man who was a resident at the Ray Graham facility in Addison.
A woman is suing Wentworth Rehabilitation and Health Care Center Inc. and Alden Management Services, long-term care facility, citing alleged negligence.
