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IL state appeals panel curbs class action vs Stone Park over red light camera tickets

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Appeals justices rule the class action stood as an improper attempt to circumvent village's administrative hearing process through which such tickets can be challenged, before suing in court.
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IL Supreme Court curbs class action vs Chicago over alleged bogus Central Biz District parking tickets

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The court ruled the plaintiff should not have filed his lawsuit before "exhausting" his opportunities to challenge the validity of the ticket through Chicago's city administrative hearing process.
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IL Supreme Court: Insurers may need to defend contractors vs suits over building defects, can't claim they're uninsurable 'biz risk'

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Unanimous ruling sends lawsuit over allegations of faulty townhome construction back to circuit court
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Illinois Supreme Court says cyclist can't sue Chicago for injuries caused by pothole

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The state high court said a lower court was wrong to determine that the presence of Divvy stations meant the city has abandoned its longstanding position that cyclists should be considered "permitted, but not intended" users of many city streets, unless the streets are clearly marked for bicycle use
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Ex-St. Anthony's Hospital HR exec appeals end of lawsuit accusing hospital of firing her for exposing 'pay-for-play'

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St. Anthony's former HR head claims she lost job for opposing 'pay-to-play' schemes linked, in part, to ex-House Speaker Madigan, who is now criminally indicted on corruption charges
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Appeals panel: Road builders can keep up lawsuit accusing Cook County of misusing transportation tax dollars

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The appeals panel says a Cook County judge wrongly shut down the lawsuit from contractors who say the county has budgeted transportation money to fund other county departments, allegedly in violation of the 2016 Safe Roads Amendment to the Illinois state constitution.
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Federal judge says insurer not obligated to cover legal defense of gun shop sued by Highland Park victims

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Red Dot Arms facing allegations it illegally transferred weapons to accused parade mass killer
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Appeals panel agrees tenants can't sue landlords for not disclosing interest rates on security deposits they never paid

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The plaintiffs are seeking to expand a "no-injury" standard that had been created by the Illinois Supreme Court for big money class actions under Illinois' biometric privacy law to now apply to class action lawsuits under Chicago's landlord-tenant ordinance
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Illinois Supreme Court agrees uninsured motorist policies cover bicyclists hit by cars

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Unanimous opinion holds the language in a policy issued by Direct Auto violated the requirements in Illinois' insurance laws
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IL Supreme Court agrees law firm can't be sued for discussing client's medical information in post-trial press release

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A man had claimed the law firm of Burke Wise Morrissey & Kaveny had violated his rights under the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act by discussing his personal medical information in a press release trumpeting a $4 million verdict they won for him
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IL Supreme Court: Plaintiffs don't need to ID proper personal estate representative before suing dead person

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A split Illinois Supreme Court ruled insurer State Farm couldn't defeat a lawsuit against a deceased man for insurance proceeds by arguing the plaintiff failed to properly identify and sue a personal representative of the dead man's estate. The majority said it was enough to ask a court to appoint a special representative instead
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ComEd customers can't continue fraud suit against utility connected to Madigan bribery investigation

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Appeals panel rules litigation improperly questions motivations of General Assembly
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IL appeals court says class action can resume vs court clerks over foreclosure filing fees

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Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul had argued people who had paid the unconstitutional court fees needed to bring their claims to the Illinois state Court of Claims. Judges, though, said since the law was unconstitutional, the plaintiffs' demands for refunds can remain in circuit court
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IL Supreme Court: Family OK to sue nursing home for injuries suffered by woman before death, despite arbitration clause

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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.
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Appeals panel: Airbnb can't use arbitration agreement to escape lawsuit from man who lost a leg at a friend's party

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In a 2-1 ruling, the judges ruled a man should be able to sue Airbnb despite holding a user account that included a mandatory arbitration clause, because the agreement only applies to the people directly renting a property during the time they rented
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Lawyers getting $90M of $450M settlement in class action over Kraft Heinz merger

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Litigation goes back to 2019, accusing Kraft Heinz and its officers of causing investors to lose big money amid the merger that formed the new food processing giant company in 2015.
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North Central student can continue class action over Covid remote learning shift

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The lawsuit claims North Central College in Naperville violated a contract with students when it shifted to online learning in the spring of 2020, while refusing to refund tuition. The claims echo those in lawsuit vs Loyola University, which a federal appeals court allowed
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Homeowners can keep up part of lawsuit accusing State Farm of discriminating vs Black homeowners' claims

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The class action lawsuit alleges State Farm's claims processing procedure and algorithms have violated the federal Fair Housing Act by allegedly favoring white homeowners' claims
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Split appeals panel upholds $47M malpractice verdict vs Advocate Lutheran General, others

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Justices agree depositions used by plaintiffs weren't admissible evidence, but majority said defendants failed to show how that would have changed the outcome of the trial
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Judge: Woman fired for improperly issuing drivers' permit OK to keep suing IL Sec. of State for discrimination

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A Black woman who formerly worked for the Illinois Secretary of State's office was fired after improperly issuing a drivers' permit to a friend. She sued for discrimination, in part because her white male colleagues weren't fired for allegedly doing the same thing

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