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Appeals panel sides with Arlington Heights vs Rolling Meadows over wrongly kept tax 'windfall' from Cooper's Hawk restaurant
Rolling Meadows says it may take the case to the Illinois Supreme Court.
Appeals panel: Tough Madison firefighter physical screening test didn't discriminate vs female firefighters
Judges said it is most important to ensure firefighters can actually do the work and can "hold the jobs on a fair and non-discriminatory basis."
IL Supreme Court says temp worker firms can be sued for collusion under state antitrust laws
A unanimous state Supreme Court said nothing in Illinois law protects temporary worker staffing firms and the employers to whom they supply workers from lawsuits accusing them of conspiring to hold down worker wages and prevent worker poaching by competitors.
Federal judge won't allow brothers to play hoops for Chicago State while lawsuit vs NCAA continues
The NCAA argued the brothers' payment received from a Georgia prep academy constituted a professional contract that makes them ineligible. Brothers say no different than NCAA athletes reaping money under NIL deals
Despite contract clause, Walgreens can't send myWalgreens class action to arbitration
Federal judge rules pharmacy retailer forfeited right to invoke arbitration when it moved for dismissal of customers' complaint
Appeals court says SEIU OK to dump local leadership over politics
Federal panel agrees the Service Employees International Union office had justification for imposing trusteeship at Chicago-area Local 73, enough to justify ousting longtime local leaders who had dissented from the parent organization's endorsement of Hillary Clinton for U.S. president in 2016
IL state appeals panel curbs class action vs Stone Park over red light camera tickets
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.
IL Supreme Court curbs class action vs Chicago over alleged bogus Central Biz District parking tickets
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.
IL Supreme Court: Insurers may need to defend contractors vs suits over building defects, can't claim they're uninsurable 'biz risk'
Unanimous ruling sends lawsuit over allegations of faulty townhome construction back to circuit court
Illinois Supreme Court says cyclist can't sue Chicago for injuries caused by pothole
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
Ex-St. Anthony's Hospital HR exec appeals end of lawsuit accusing hospital of firing her for exposing 'pay-for-play'
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
Appeals panel: Road builders can keep up lawsuit accusing Cook County of misusing transportation tax dollars
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.
Federal judge says insurer not obligated to cover legal defense of gun shop sued by Highland Park victims
Red Dot Arms facing allegations it illegally transferred weapons to accused parade mass killer
Appeals panel agrees tenants can't sue landlords for not disclosing interest rates on security deposits they never paid
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
Illinois Supreme Court agrees uninsured motorist policies cover bicyclists hit by cars
Unanimous opinion holds the language in a policy issued by Direct Auto violated the requirements in Illinois' insurance laws
IL Supreme Court agrees law firm can't be sued for discussing client's medical information in post-trial press release
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
IL Supreme Court: Plaintiffs don't need to ID proper personal estate representative before suing dead person
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
ComEd customers can't continue fraud suit against utility connected to Madigan bribery investigation
Appeals panel rules litigation improperly questions motivations of General Assembly
IL appeals court says class action can resume vs court clerks over foreclosure filing fees
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
IL Supreme Court: Family OK to sue nursing home for injuries suffered by woman before death, despite arbitration clause
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.