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Caterer claims non-profit owes nearly $100K for conference meals
An area Indian-Pakistani restaurant and catering company are suing a local not-for-profit organization they assert owes nearly $100,000 for the food services they provided at the group's annual conference last summer.
Fall out of a party trolley leads to lawsuit
KassermanA woman who fell out a trolley during a pub crawl in downtown Chicago is suing the driver and company. Carly Kenny filed suit Feb. 17 in the Cook County Circuit Court against Robert A. Hoffman and TRT Transportation Inc., doing business as The Chicago Trolley & Double Decker Co.According to the complaint, TRT operates trolleys for groups to travel around the city in a "mobile party lounge"
Jewel hit with another suit over Salmonella outbreak at Tinley Park deli
Another Tinley Park woman is suing Jewel over claims she got sick after eating food she bought from the grocery store's deli.In the lawsuit she filed Feb. 17 in the Cook County Circuit Court, Janet Lewis alleges she purchased food from Jewel's deli on May 16,2014 and two days after consuming it, suffered severe gastrointestinal symptoms.She claims that the Cook County Health Department on June 11 learned
Group wants city to take down "offensive" street sign honoring Bangladesh's former president
A branch of Bangladesh's controlling political party has filed a lawsuit against the City of Chicago, claiming an honorary street sign in Rogers Park is named after a man "responsible for the turmoil and eventual fall of Bangladesh in 1971."
Walmart faces suit over customer's slip and fall over wet mat
AdamA woman is suing a retail giant, claiming its failure to maintain a suburban Cook County store caused her to slip and fall over a weather mat.Maxine Floyd filed suit Feb. 10 in the Cook County Circuit Court against Wal-Mart Stores Inc., doing business as the Walmart Supercenter, and various unknown employees and agents of the store.According to the complaint, Floyd was at the Walmart 167th Street
Despite dissent, Supreme Court resolves debt collection suit without addressing constitutional issues raised in direct appeal
Karmeier KilbrideSaying it was unnecessary to address issues over the constitutionality of the state's Collection Agency Act, the Illinois Supreme Court on Friday returned a case "to square one" by voiding everything that came after the initial 2009 ruling in the matter.Justice Thomas L. Kilbride, however, disagreed with the majority's approach, saying it gives the plaintiff "a second bite at the
Condo association sues River North CrossFit over noise, vibrations
A River North condo association has asked a judge to force a local CrossFit gym to stop making noise and vibrations or get it banned from operating in the building altogether.
Man freed from prison claims Northwestern, others framed him for double murder to free another inmate
A man cleared of murder charges last year after spending more than a decade behind bars filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday, accusing Northwestern University of turning a blind eye to the allegedly unethical and deceptive tactics being taught in a journalism class focused on investigating alleged wrongful convictions.
Updated: Judge gives Prenda, Duffy until Feb. 19 to pay sanction, file financial info in defamation case
Editor's note: This story was updated Friday to reflect an order that was filed after the publication of the story about Thursday's hearing.
