News from October 2015
Sons sues Manorcare at Arlington Heights, alleging neglect in care of elderly father
A Cook County man is suing an Arlington Heights nursing home, alleging negligence in the care of his 80-year-old father.
Husband sues doctors, alleging misdiagnosis led to wife's cancer death
A Cook County man is suing his wife’s doctors, alleging misdiagnosis of her breast cancer.
Cook County woman sues doctors, alleging malpractice in patient's death
A Cook County woman is suing a health-care team, alleging malpractice in the death of a 50-year-old patient.
Atlas Van Lines ordered to turn over thousands of detailed contracts to owner-operators suing over underpayment
A shipping company facing a federal lawsuit over claims it underpays its contracted owner-operators must release detailed contracts to the plaintiffs suing it, after a federal judge indicated she was unconvinced by the company’s arguments that producing the documents would create an undue burden. Plaintiff Thomas Mervyn is suing Atlas Van Lines, Inc., and Ace World Wide Moving & Storage Co., Inc.
NLRB asks court to force McDonald's, franchisees to produce personnel-related documents sought for "joint employer" proceedings
The National Labor Relations Board says a collection of local McDonald’s restaurant owners have resisted the federal agency’s demands to turn over documents related to their hiring and staffing practices, so the agency has asked Chicago federal judges to order them to cooperate. As of Oct. 27, the NLRB had filed actions in federal court in Chicago against nine franchisees, operating 13 different corporate entities which, in turn, run dozens of McDonald’s restaurants in the Chicago area.
Patient sues Parkview Orthopaedic, alleging malpractice
A Cook County man is suing a medical practice and a doctor, alleging malpractice in a spinal procedure.
Two men sue Burr Ridge borrowers, alleging default on loans
Two Illinois men are suing two Burr Ridge firms and their owners, alleging default on more than $800,000 in unpaid loans.
Appeals panel: School districts can't undo property tax settlements simply because they don't like the results
A divided state appeals panel has reinstated a settlement agreement which had ended a dispute over how much a number of Will County property taxpayers actually should have paid in 2010, with a majority on the court saying the school districts can't undo the deal simply because they didn't like the result. A three-justice panel of the Illinois Third District Appellate Court in Ottawa overturned the decision of Will County Circuit Judge Barbara N. Petrungaro.
Shareholder says Vasco management should pay for shares crash following news of product sales to Iran
The directors and executive of an Oakbrook Terrace-based provider of digital financial security products has been hit with a lawsuit brought by a shareholder who has claimed the company’s management should be made to pay for allegedly concealing from investors – or at least not properly moving to address – the possibility an international distributor sold the company’s products to buyers in Iran while economic sanctions forbidding such sales were in place.
Cook County woman sues Wirtgen America, alleging negligence in fatal work injury
A Cook County woman is suing a manufacturer of heavy equipment that allegedly malfunctioned, killing her husband.
Worker sues Unifirst, seeking data on injuries from chemical burns
A maintenance worker is suing Unifirst, seeking information for chemical burns he allegedly suffered at work.
Daughter sues Advocate Medical, alleging mistake in mother's surgery
A Cook County woman is suing her deceased mother’s health-care providers, alleging wrongful death
Diabetes patient sues Takeda Pharmaceuticals, alleging drug was dangerous
A Mississippi woman is suing a Deerfield-based pharmaceutical company, alleging product liability involving Actos, a drug used to treat diabetes.
Class action alleges home loan servicer Seterus refused to terminate PMI on modified loans, violating laws, loan terms
A Romeoville man is in U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois, alleging a home loan servicing company is sticking him and other troubled borrowers with unneeded mortgage insurance because the company gets a cut of the premiums.
State high court overturns appellate ruling pharmacy's attempt to pay class rep should thwart class certification in junk fax action
A class action lawsuit regarding a company’s use of unsolicited faxes as an advertising tool is back where it began, after the Illinois Supreme Court reversed an appellate court’s ruling and agreed with the initial ruling by the circuit court that a defendant cannot render a motion for class action moot simply by settling with the initial class representative.
Burnham sues audit firms, alleging it overlooked $700,000 embezzlement
A Cook County municipality is suing an accounting firm, alleging professional negligence and misrepresentation.
Mother sues Mt. Sinai Hospital, alleging negligence in infant's death
A Cook County woman is suing a doctor and a Chicago hospital, alleging malpractice in the death of her newborn child.
Family of frozen woman sues Manteno care facility, alleging negligence
A deceased woman’s family is suing her Manteno care facility, alleging common law negligence and wrongful death when her body was discovered outdoors on the facility’s grounds.
Buffalo Grove business sues South Barrington attorney over crashed hard drive
A Buffalo Grove company is suing an accounting and legal firm for more than $50,000 over a crashed hard drive.
Widow sues U. of Chicago Medical Center, alleging negligence in husband's death
A Cook County widow is suing her husband’s health-care provide, alleging malpractice caused his death.