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Black insurance agents allowed to continue suit accusing State Farm of 'systematic discrimination'
Insurer faces accusation of race matching agents with client bases, limiting opportunities and income
Appeals panel agrees Protect Our Parks can't get injunction to halt Obama Center project in Jackson Park
Judge Wood: Citizen group can't show federal agencies failed to meet obligations for site review
Appeals panel: U of I bought John Marshall Law School, so man can't sue over his expulsion from Marshall before the sale
The courts said the state's sovereign immunity extends to claims against private entities that later became state-owned
Appeals panel agrees insurer on the hook for $3 million to Fremd High School hockey coach attacked by player
Parties settled at $6 million to end the lawsuit that dates back to a 1998 attack on the hockey coach by a stepson of one of the hockey club board members. But a Cook County judge and an Illinois appeals panel ruled policy limits must stay in place, limiting the insurance company's payout
Appeals panel says Indiana pediatrician fired for refusing Covid vax can't force reinstatement
A federal appeals judge said further proceedings will give the doctor to chance to demand hospital administration explain why they granted religious exemptions to four nurses, but not to the doctor
IL Supreme Court: McLean Co. man can keep up suit over nerve damage blamed on hip replacement
Complaint alleges general negligence against surgeon, technicians
Judge won't yet give appeals court chance to weigh in on class action over BNSF rail yard entry fingerprint scans
Judge Matthew Kennelly had refused to grant summary judgment to BNSF in the BIPA class action brought by a truck driver in 2019
Appeals panel: Family can sue Abbott over birth defects from drug, despite seeming contradictory claims vs doctors
Couple now suing Abbott Laboratories already won $18.5M jury verdict against doctors who prescribed the anticonvulsant Depakote
Judicial Inquiry Board moves ahead with complaints against three judges, including Cook County judges Raines, Ghouse
One Cook County judge accused of improperly besmirching attorneys, while another pleaded guilty to DUI
IL Supreme Court again passes on whether FOID Act is constitutional, drawing sharp rebuke in dissent
Majority opinion holds White County judge was wrong to reconsider an order it directed in 2020. Dissent says the court is trying to avoid ruling on whether Illinois' firearms owner registration program is unconstitutional
IL Supreme Court says kayaks, upstream land ownership don't let people float past property rights on IL rivers
Supreme Court judges call on Illinois lawmakers to change state rules to grant public access on waterways, even if they're considered "non-navigable"
Chicago City Hall cleared to continue pursuing lawsuit seeking $300K+ fines vs vape sellers
City alleged companies broke city rules on marketing to minors and liquid tobacco ban
Black, Latino queer couple can continue discrimination suit vs Liberty Mutual, but not class action, judge says
The Evanston couple cancelled their policy with Liberty Mutual, meaning they can't lead a class action against the insurer for injuries that cannot happen again, a federal judge ruled
Judge finalizes almost $6M to settle class action over BioLife plasma donor fingerprint scans
Attorneys who challenged BioLife policy to get about 35% of total, or nearly $2.1 million
Appeals panel agrees three suburban Supreme Court candidates can stay on primary ballot
The court determined the Illinois State Board of Elections improperly removed Republicans Susan Hutchinson and Mark Curran, and Democrat Nancy Rodkin Rotering, from the ballot by incorrectly calculating petition signature requirements under the law
Judge said truck driver's handprint scan class action vs Union Pacific must stay in federal court
Plaintiff sought to return part of his class action claim to Cook County Circuit Court, considered by many to be a venue more friendly to plaintiffs and an easier court in which to press claims under Illinois' biometrics privacy law
Appeals panel says staffing agencies can't use labor services exception in law to escape state's antitrust lawsuit
The Illinois Attorney General's office alleges certain staffing firms conspired to underpay employees, prevent agencies from hiring away temp workers
Appeals panel says employers can violate FMLA rights even if no time off was actually denied
A former Cook County corrections officer said an administrator within the Cook County Sheriff's Office discouraged him from applying for leave, and judges said that is enough to allow his lawsuit to continue
Federal judge approves class definitions in litigation over poultry price fixing allegations
Three groups will get to pursue claims against producers that haven't settled
Judge rules pension fund consolidation doesn't violate IL constitution's pension protection clause
Members of hundreds of local police and fire pension systems say the state violated the state constitution by combining their local systems into two statewide pension funds. A judge said worker and retiree pension system voting rights aren't protected by the pension protection clause