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Appeals panel: Illinois prejudgment interest law constitutional, doesn't unfairly hamper defendants' rights to defend themselves in court
Other courts have found differently, but the ruling marks the first time a state appeals court has directly answered the question of whether Illinois' law allowing plaintiffs to demand huge interest payments on top of potentially draconian verdicts, violates Illinois' state constitution
Family of student suing Latin School over son's death by suicide say school is blocking access to student's records
New lawsuit alleges elite private school improperly withholding kinds of documents released to other families
Judge refuses to OK class action vs city of Chicago from Black water department workers alleging racist work environments
Kennelly said the plaintiffs haven't yet presented enough evidence that their work experiences and workplaces were common or similar enough within the massive Chicago city water department
Appeals panel: Northwest Community Hospital not liable for alleged mistakes by doctors who worked as independent contractors
The lawsuit was linked to complications from a 2013 open heart surgery
Webb fires back on Smollett's attempt to toss out his conviction for lying about attack, says court did not abuse the process
Actor Jussie Smollett is still fighting the outcome of his trial linked to lying to Chicago Police about his alleged assault hoax, which special prosecutor Dan Webb says was shown at trial to have faked for Smollett's "own personal gain"
Appeals panel: Law firm Kutak Rock can't be sued for sex assault allegedly committed by one of its attorneys
A female client has accused now deceased attorney Charles MacKelvie of demanding she send him photos of her in the nude, and then propositioning sex from her as a way of resolving her outstanding legal bills. She said the firm should also pay for the alleged misconduct
McDonald's again asks court to ground class action over O'Hare Airport menu price differences
Burger giant says customer can't complain about prices when given an accurate receipt, with an opportunity to dispute the purchase price in person
Judge says ex-Chicago sports reporter Rodewald can't continue defamation suit vs Niles West HS teacher, District 219
Ex-sports radio reporter Matt Rodewald sued a Niles West H.S. teacher and District 219, claiming he was subjected to harassment and defamation after he left a voicemail asking the school to look into the teacher's Facebook rant against supporters of Trump following the Jan. 6 riots
3 broadcasters to pay $48M to settle class action over TV advertising rates conspiracy claims
CBS, Fox, Cox agree to help with ongoing claims against industry counterparts
Judge: DoorDash can't pry into Chicago city records, communications to ensure City Hall is actually driving lawsuit over fees
A federal judge denied DoorDash's request to force the city to turn over communications and other records with the law firm of Cohen Milstein, to determine who is actually directing the city's lawsuit vs DoorDash over its fee structure. The firm has a contingency agreement with the city, meaning they could claim a big chunk of the city's proceeds
Chicago caterer can't bring eavesdropping class action vs insurer over recorded call
Appeals panel said Mid-Century Insurance didn't violate state eavesdropping law when it called the caterer's attorney, in response to the company's request for insurance funds to cover losses from state-ordered Covid shutdowns
Appeals panel: Hospital can't be sued for providing care to baby for two weeks at direction of woman who cut her mother's womb
The father of the now deceased baby had sought to sue Advocate Health for intentional infliction of emotional distress, alleging they didn't do enough to verify the woman who had killed the pregnant mother to take the baby actually was the child's mother
Supreme Court: Lower courts should not have kept S. IL doctor from being added as defendant in medmal case
6-0 opinion notes low bar in medical malpractice actions to shift from respondent to defendant
Judge says AWS can't be sued under IL biometrics law simply because another company uses its Rekognition software
A federal judge dismissed a class action vs AWS after determining plaintiffs need to do more than show AWS provided Rekognition to temp hiring app Wonolo, which used face scans to verify identities of job applicants
IL Supreme Court: No public access to Chicago ticket databases; Will allow govt to hide troves of public info, others warn
A freelance journalist had sought information on column and row headings from city vehicle citation management system, but the Illinois Supreme Court said state FOIA law doesn't require city to release it. While seemingly 'narrow,' the decision has 'vast' implications for public access to government info, transparency advocates said
Appeals panel says new trial in order for woman whose husband died of mestothelioma
Ford defending itself against allegations of improper asbestos warnings on brake boxes
South Shore residents want judge to halt city's plan to move migrants into old high school
Complaint alleges hastily-announced strategy circumvents statutory rezoning obligations
Monsanto can't convince judge to cancel Illinois' lawsuit over PCB water pollution
AG Raoul alleges chemical company knew contamination was inevitable at a manufacturing plant in Sauget, near St. Louis. Monsanto says the lawsuit is seeking to punish them for making and selling products widely used by industry and the U.S. government during times of war.
Ex-Highland Park asst HS principal allowed to continue suit vs D113 over alleged retaliation for aiding investigation
Judge strikes older allegations as time-barred, but will allow Amy Burnetti to sue the school district over claims the board signed off on moves by administration to punish her for providing evidence and testimony to aid a Lake County State's Attorney's investigation into practices in Highland Park D113
Sun-Times can't end defamation lawsuit over Trump Tower property tax assessment
Ex PTAB chairman says Sun Times overstated his alleged involvement in decision to lower Trump Tower assessment.