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Low income health insurer Centene can't escape fraud class action over coverage claims
A federal judge will allow a portion of a class action accusing ACA and Medicaid health insurer Centene of fraud by allegedly misleading customers about the breadth and scope of their coverage.
IL Supreme Court says ambiguous language in insurance policies doesn't necessarily 'stack' liability limits in multi-vehicle accidents
Unanimous ruling affirms appeals court's stance to deny a bus driver's quest for $7M payout stemming from a multi-vehicle crash on I-74 in McLean County in 2018.
Federal labor law doesn't block all state biometrics claims over fingerprint scans, judge says
A federal judge ruled federal labor law and union contracts don't necessarily apply to block lawsuits under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, if the lawsuits allege employees' privacy rights under that law were violated before they joined the union and their relationship with their employer became governed by a collective bargaining agreement
Judge clears City Hall in cops' religious discrimination suit over Covid shot mandate
Federal judge notes city granted exemptions to shot, only insisted on reporting of test and vaccination status
Burbank OK to strip pension from firefighter convicted of sex abuse of 17-year-old cadet: Appeals court
Firefighter retired one day after notification of 'inappropriate relationship'
Appeals panel: Only minimal notice required for Will County, township assessors to hike property taxes 54,000% on unfinished power plant
Taxes for new power plant land spiked to $4.1M from just $7,500 after assessors split and reassessed the property, allegedly without giving proper notice to the owners and without offering a real chance for the company to object
Appeals panel: Oak Lawn must face lawsuit for quick cancel of IT services contract
Illinois appeals judges said Oak Lawn can't use the state Municipal Code to sidestep a lawsuit claiming the village illegally cancelled a 5-year contract for services worth $800,000 after just three months because village officials determined the deal wasn't "working out."
Appeals court: Indiana U. violated male student's rights by expelling him from med school without hearing over abuse claims
Judges said the man must be identified by his real name in future court filings if he wishes to continue his action vs Indiana University. The man had been accused of abuse by an unidentified female student.
Judge: Man who was shot while waiting in drive-thru lane at South Side restaurant can't sue Wendy's
Though 'tragic,' judge says shooting wasn't 'reasonably foreseeable' to restaurant, so restaurant wasn't legally obligated to have armed guards at restaurant to protect customers from gunmen at 3 a.m.
Appeals panel gives new life to class action vs Cook Sheriff over jail inmate dental care
2-1 decision says circuit judge misread appellate precedent in shutting down the class action lawsuit
Judge says United Airlines workers can't keep trying to sue airline over Covid vax mandate; Appeal filed
The judge said plaintiffs haven't yet presented enough evidence to back up their claims the airline improperly discriminated against them by firing them or taking action against them to enforce the airline's Covid vaccine mandate.
IL appeals court: Waukegan restaurant can be sued for not stopping car from crashing through storefront window
August 2020 crash injured patron who was ordering food
Class action objector hawk Ted Frank will be allowed to intervene in investor lawsuit, challenging 'mootness fees'
Federal appeals panel derided busywork to generate attorney payments, says a lower court judge was wrong to block attorney Ted Frank from intervening directly in proceedings over whether lawyers unfairly reaped fees for cases vs Akorn they quickly mooted
IL Supreme Court: Law restricting where registered sex offenders can live is constitutional
Kane County man who ended up sleeping in his car after he was ordered out of his home because a daycare was in operation nearby still has a chance to plead his individual case. But the law, on its face, does not violate constitutional rights, the state high court ruled
IL Supreme Court says a corporation can sue people who allegedly disparaged them in emails to management
The state high court agreed that a corporation can be defamed in emails to executives and other employees. The court said the dispute between shipping logistics competitors FourKites and project44 is an example of instances in which such emails don't amount to a "corporation talking to itself"
Appeals panel closes lid on class actions vs Abbott from people never harmed by contaminated Similac baby formula
Judges said the claims in the case from people whose children never ingested any allegedly contaminated Similac baby formula are no different than if someone were to sue a restaurant because someone else became ill from food poisoning
Judge shelves class action vs. The Children's Place for allegedly selling clothing containing PFAS
Kennelly rules plaintiffs have standing but failed to state a claim
Judge pulls plug on lawsuit trying to revoke Alsip crime-free housing 'chronic public nuisance' ordinance
A federal judge has ended a lawsuit which sought to declare the village of Alsip had violated constitutional rights of tenants and landlords, and discriminated against Black and brown residents of the village, in enacting and enforcing its so-called "chronic public nuisance" ordinance.
Federal judge slams door, for now, on class action vs GEICO over pandemic insurance prices
Ruling holds plaintiffs lack a valid model to calculate damages
Appeals panel: Differences over role of women in church won't stop ex-instructor from suing Moody, for now
A dissenting judge warned the decision to allow a female ex-instructor to sue Moody Bible Institute over her termination would inevitably lead to constitutionally impermissible questions into the religious beliefs Moody cites when running its Bible college